§ Mr. Bowen Wellsasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether, in view of the importance of living and learning away from home, he will offer a period of structural residential experience to all young people on schemes within his new training proposals.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe youth training scheme will provide a year-long programme of integrated training and work experience for unemployed minimum age school leavers. A residential element may be appropriate for some young people, as is the case in existing programmes. It is not, however, considered necessary for all young people, nor would it be practicable to expect all schemes run by thousands of sponsors to provide residential experience.
§ Mr. Bowen Wellsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he intends to include a period of experience of work in the community within all schemes under the new training proposals.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe Government's proposed youth training scheme will provide all unemployed minimum age school leavers with a year-long programme of integrated training and work experience. In order to meet the young people's varied needs, places will need to be available in all sectors of the economy. This will, of course, include the voluntary and community sectors, and170W I am eager that they should play as important a part in the youth training scheme as they do in our current programmes.