HC Deb 08 March 1983 vol 38 cc374-5W
56. Mr. Whitney

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether the target of 100,000 new training places on the youth opportunities programme has been achieved; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The target of 100,000 new training places has been substantially achieved. By the end of 1982 about 93,000 places were approved and available for occupation.

Mr. Craigen

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide a breakdown of the main types of place of employment of those young people currently engaged in the 100,000 good-quality year-long youth opportunities programmes.

Mr. Peter Morrison

No industrial analysis is available of the high quality training and work experience schemes on the youth opportunities programme—known as new training places. However, provisional information on the approximate number of entrants to new training places between April 1982 and January 1983 is:

Numbers
Work Skills Courses 59,000
High quality Community Projects 9,000
High quality Training Workshops 2,500
Information Technology Centres (ITeCs) 1,000
Others 1,500
Total 73,000