§ Mr. Freesonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many places have been allocated to the construction industry under the youth training scheme; how many of these are for (a) craft, (b) clerical, (c) technical and (d) general operative places; how many of these have been taken up to date; and if he will show the position by regions.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following table gives information about places provided by the construction industry training board under the youth training scheme. These account for the majority of places in the construction industry, though some places are also provided through other managing agents.
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Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Youth Training Scheme Places and recruitment position at 7 October 1983 CITB Region Places Target Trainees Recruited Total Craft Clerical GBO GCO Technicians Scotland North 473 353 300 20 29 4 — Scotland East 923 603 535 5 38 7 18 Scotland West 1,419 1,205 919 111 112 13 50 North 745 672 515 23 103 7 24 North West 2,356 1,644 1,383 24 132 24 81 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,249 1,556 1,284 42 180 17 33 East Midlands 1,284 1,184 948 — 151 13 72 West Midlands 2,258 1,501 1,137 44 233 16 71 East Anglia 1,203 1,152 843 35 209 25 40 Greater London 2,395 1,775 1,507 43 128 18 79 South 1,609 1,156 942 27 111 13 63 South East 1,128 945 874 — 42 15 14 West 1,768 1,180 1,046 16 68 13 37 Wales 1,348 987 842 8 117 15 5 †21,158 15,913 13,075 398 1,653 *200 587 GBO—General Building Operative. GCO—General Construction Operative. * Trainees on residential course at Bircham Newton National Training Centre. † Total includes 240 electrical sector trainees who are not part of YTS.