§ Mr. Winnickasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many and what percentage of those who left school in the West Midlands during the current year became apprenticed on schemes lasting more than three years.
§ Mr. AlisonInformation is not available in the form requested. However, from results of a sample survey it is estimated that in the West Midlands region in 1979, the latest year for which information is available, about 10,000, or a fifth of all 16 and 17-year-olds entering employment, had a first job that involved an apprenticeship or similar skilled training lasting two years or more.