§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide a breakdown by ethnic origin of those (a) applying to and (b) accepted on the youth training schemes in Waltham Forest; and if he will break down each figure by sex.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonInformation is not available on the numbers of young people applying for the youth training scheme. In the London borough of Waltham Forest, the number of entrants to the youth training scheme by ethnic origin and sex for the period April 1984 to mid-November 1984 was as follows:
Ethnic Origin Sex Total Male Female Asian 16 7 23 African/West Indian 55 51 106 White/European 206 126 332 Other 10 3 13 Total 287 187 474
§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will make a statement on the future of mode B schemes within the youth training scheme.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the current mode B schemes approved and in operation within Leicestershire; which of them are fully subscribed; and how many youth training scheme students are enrolled on each one.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information requested is in the following table:
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Mode B youth training scheme provision in the Leicestershire area at 31 October 1984 Scheme Title Approved Places *Number of Trainees Leicester City Leicester information technology centre 30 16 Volcraft training workshop 20 16 Red Cross community project 20 20 Leicester City Council community project 70 31 Weaving workshop 10 5 Highfields induction training scheme 70 70 County community project 310 243 Leicestershire employment education project 45 37
Scheme Title Approved Places *Number of Trainees FG training workshop 60 57 Family services unit 6 6 National Elfrida Rathbone society scheme 25 22 Leicester training workshop 85 57 Leicester employment rehabilitation centre† 15 15 Harborough South Leicestershire youth training scheme 50 39 Ashby Magna training workshop 45 13 Coalville St. James training workshop 40 28 Hinckley Hinckley training workshop 35 32 Earl Shelton opportunity programme 40 22 Alpha Project 60 31 Loughborough Loughborough training workshop 90 74 92212 Locomotive 10 7 Loughborough information technology centre‡ 30 30 Mellon Mowbray Melton Would-Workers 35 34 Melton College of Further Education‡ 15 7 Oakham Rutland employment consortium 40 15 1,256 927 * Includes both 1983–84 and 1984–85 entrants. † Mode B2 scheme. ‡ All approved places on this scheme are occupied by 1984–85 entrants.