§ Mr. Alexander W. Lyonasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what information is available on the 638W breakdown of work experience on employers' premises under the youth opportunities programme by Standard Industrial Classification or any alternative categorisation;
(2) what information is available on the breakdown of employers providing work experience on employers' premises places on youth opportunities programme by the size of employer.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonInformation on the industrial classification and size of sponsors operating work experience on employers premises schemes under the youth opportunities programme is collected by the Manpower Services Commission and can be produced for the country as a whole or for individual local authority districts.
§ Mr. Alexander W. Lyonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of males and females are assisted in each element of the youth opportunities programme.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe proportion of male and female entrants to youth opportunities schemes in 1981–82 by scheme type is given in the following table: 639W
Type of Scheme Percentage of entrants who were Female Male Work experience on employers premises 50.7 49.3 Community Projects 37 63 Training Workshops 30.1 69.9 Employment Inducation Courses 47 53 Short Training Courses 40.8 59.2 Remedial and Preparatory Courses 25.3 74.7 Total 46.7 53.3
§ Mr. Alexander W. Lyonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many youth opportunities programme trainees on work experience on employers' premises have been taken into permanent jobs by their employers for each year since the youth opportunities programme began.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe Manpower Services Commission has followed up a sample of entrants to the youth opportunities programme 12 months after the start of their scheme for each quarter since September 1978.
The following table provides information on those who were in employment with their sponsors at the time of the survey.
Percentage of work experience on employers' premises entrants to youth opportunities programme who were employed by their sponsor at the time of the survey Entrants in 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 1978 16 1979 29 28 30 30 1980 18 17 30 23 1981 19 22