§ Mr. Watkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people in the United Kingdom have benefited from the Training Services Agency special courses for young people in the United Kingdom since their inception.
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§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that separate training statistics for young people under 19 have been kept only since 1st January 1976. Between 1st January 1976 and 31st December 1977, the latest date for which figures are available, a total of 32,435 young people under 19 completed courses in Great Britain designed to help unemployed young people. In addition, it is estimated that, in the same period, more than 6,000 young people started courses but did not complete them, some of these young people leaving to take up employment before the formal end of their course.
§ Mr. Watkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people in (a) West Gloucestershire and (b) Gloucestershire have benefited from the Training Services Agency special courses for young people.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that separate statistics for West Gloucestershire are not available but that 1,042 young people under 19 completed training courses in the area covered by their training services district office in Gloucester between 1st January 1976 and 31st December 1977. In addition, it is estimated that, in the same period, about 200 young people started courses but did not complete them, some of these young people leaving to take up employment before the formal end of their course.