§ Mr. Stuart Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) on what criteria the Manpower Services Commission evaluates local requirements for youth training scheme places;
(2) whether the Manpower Services Commission evaluates local requirements for youth training scheme places on both a borough basis and Inner London education authority divisions;
(3) what consideration is given to the academic or nonacademic content of the school leaving population in Manpower Services Commission evaluations of local requirements for youth training scheme places;
(4) whether local job opportunities are related to training facilities for the incoming labour force in youth training schemes.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe number and type of youth training scheme places in each locality is determined in consultation with local careers services, on the basis of estimates of the number of young people likely to require places and their training needs, and with local job opportunities kept in mind. In London such planning is undertaken at borough and Inner London Education Authority division level.
§ Mr. Stuart Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether the Manpower Services Commission is making provision to monitor the proportion of places taken up in mode A schemes by (a) inner city, (b) black and (c) female young people.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonStatistical information on the participation of ethnic groups and female youngsters in the youth training scheme is recorded on the Manpower Services Commission's computerised management information system. This system is based on local authority districts and does not, therefore, specifically record information about inner cities except in the case of London, where all the inner city boroughs are local authority districts. The information is regularly monitored by Manpower Services Commission staff.