HC Deb 28 July 1981 vol 9 cc397-8W
15. Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people in Wolverhampton are currently on youth opportunity programmes.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The information is not available in the form requested. However, the number of young people who entered the programme in Wolverhampton local authority district between the beginning of April and the end of June 1981 was some 900.

24. Mr. Foulkes

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on his review of the adequacy of the allowance to trainees on the youth opportunities programme.

Mr. Peter Morrison

I have nothing to add to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Bodmin (Mr. Hicks) on 30 June.—[Vol. 7, c. 685 and 686.]

37. Mr. Norman Atkinson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he is satisfied with the training received by those young persons participating in the youth opportunities programme and work experience on employers' premises schemes; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Morrison

Schemes under the youth opportunities programme are approved by the Manpower Services Commission only if they offer opportunities that will improve the young person's employment prospects by providing a realistic introduction to working life. Every effort is made to ensure that the work experience provided is varied and likely to equip young people with basic skills.

Mr. Strang

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people entered youth opportunity programmes from April 1978 to April 1979 in (a) Great Britain and (b) Scotland.

Mr. Peter Morrison

[pursuant to his reply, 27 July 1981]: Between April 1978 and end March 1979, some 162,000 young people entered the youth opportunities programme in Great Britain of whom 23,600 entered the programme in Scotland.