§ Mr. Parkasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will consider introducing a training package of at least five years duration designed for school leavers with special needs who are not successful in finding employment.
§ Sir Keith JosephNo. School leavers with special needs already have access to an increasing variety of further education and training, including provision targetted to their particular needs and more general provision, of which the YTS is an example, available to young people in general. I would not expect it to be324W possible to offer sufficiently flexible provision for individual special needs, which differ widely, through the medium of a general package.