§ Ms. Clare Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the youth training schemes providing places for young people living in the Ladywood constituency.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information is not available in the precise form requested.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the annual figures for expenditure on (a) the youth opportunities programme and (b) the youth training scheme since the schemes began, giving the total figures and the amounts spent on payments to young people, payments to employers and on administration, respectively.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information is not available in the precise form requested. Expenditure on the youth opportunities programme between 1978–79 and 1982–83 and planned expenditure on the youth training scheme in 1983–84 is given in the table:
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonUnder the youth training scheme travel costs in excess of £4 are reimbursed to trainees. This has been the position since the inception of the youth opportunities programme in 1978.
Between January 1982, when the £25 allowance was first introduced, and September 1983 the transport and vehicles component of the retail prices index increased by 12.9 per cent.