§ Mr. Boyesasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are employed on mode B1 and mode A youth training schemes in the Houghton and Washington constituency and the Sunderland borough, by boys and girls and by age group.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 8 June 1984, Vol. 61, c. 268]: The following table gives details of young people in training by sex in the borough of Sunderland at the end of March 1984.
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Borough of Sunderland Mode A Mode B1 All schemes (including Mode B2) Male 355 433 1,066 Female 641 326 986 Information is not available on the age of young people currently in training. However, the following table provides a breakdown by age of entrants to the youth training scheme by scheme type in Sunderland in 1983–84.
Age on entry Mode A Mode B1 All schemes (including Mode B2) 15 and 16 years Male 518 823 1,759 Female 986 520 1,538 17 years Male 25 53 97 Female 54 41 98 18 years and over Male 17 10 29 Female 20 4 24 Comparable information is not available for the constituency of Houghton and Washington.