§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mrs. Short) on 16 February, Official Report, column 266, how many of the 48,000 people who left the youth training scheme before their year had finished, left (a) to start alternative employment, (b) to transfer to another scheme within the youth training scheme or Manpower Services Commission and (c) for other reasons.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information is not available.
However, information on the destinations of a sample of young people who have left their training programmes is currently being collected. We also intend to have an extensive postal follow-up of ex-trainees later this year.