§ 21. Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment what training facilities are available for young people who are registered as unemployed at the Mexborough employment exchange.
§ Mr. Jim LesterI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that figures for the youth opportunities programme are collected by local authority district. Mexborough employment office area falls under three local authority districts; Doncaster, Barnsley and Rotherham. In those districts there are currently about 1,300 training places and 2,400 work experience places available under the youth opportunities programme.