§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government on the European Commission proposal that unemployed school leavers should be automatically entitled to one year's vocational training.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe Government welcome the resolution on vocational training agreed on 3 June by the joint Council of Education and Employment Ministers by which member states undertake to do their utmost to provide a period of at least six months and, if possible, one year's basic training and/or initial work experience for minimum age school leavers.
25WThe United Kingdom will be meeting this undertaking through the new youth training scheme in Great Britain, which guarantees to 16-year-olds leaving school who remain unemployed the offer of a suitable 12 months training place, and through the corresponding youth training programme in Northern Ireland.