§ Mr. Murphyasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many youth training scheme places have (a) been filled and (b) remain vacant in Hertfordshire and in Welwyn Hatfield at the last convenient date; and how this compares with the national average.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonInformation is not available in the precise form requested. The following table provides the number of youth training scheme places approved, and the number of young people in training, as at the end of February for Mid-Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire and Great Britain.
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Number of YTS places approved Numbers in training Mid-Hertfordshire* 771 527 Hertfordshire 4,561 2,960 Great Britain 442,356 259,282 * Includes Welwyn, Hatfield and Potters Bar.
§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Employment if sponsors on the youth training scheme are entitled to stop amounts from trainees' allowances by way of imposing discipline for late arrival or breach of rules.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonAll sponsors are required to have grievance and discipline procedures and to explain them to their trainees. Sponsors who already have such procedures for their own employees are likely to apply them to their trainees. In other cases, special procedures must be set up. In both cases financial penalties may be included as part of these procedures.
§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide copies of the progress reports about the youth training scheme referred to in his answer of 6 March, Official Report, column 534, to the right hon. and hon. Members for the areas concerned; and if he will place copies of the national reports referred to in the Library.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 2 April 1984, Vol. 57, c. 395]: No, I do not think this would be appropriate. The progress reports are being made nationally to the Youth Training Board and locally to the area manpower boards.