§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many early leavers from the youth training scheme programme in Wales since the programme started have (a) found full-time employment, (b) gone into further or higher education and (c) become unemployed again; and if he will publish this information broken down for the four administration areas which implement the scheme.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasThis information is not available. However, I understand that a report (covering Great Britain as a whole) on the destination of young people leaving the Youth Training Scheme is to be presented to the Youth Training Board at their meeting of 17 April and a copy of this will be placed in the Library at the same time.
§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish by county the current number of young persons eligible for youth training scheme participation but not yet placed on a scheme.
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§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasOn information supplied by the careers service the following are the figures for each county. The figures in brackets are the numbers within the total who have been offered but refused a place:
Eligible Refused Clwyd 238 *(200) Dyfed 139 (93) Gwent 344 (94) Gwynedd 57 *40 Mid Glamorgan 244 (244) Powys 38 (21) South Glamorgan 417 (274) West Glamorgan 140 (131) * Estimated