§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the numbers on youth training schemes in Portsmouth at the latest available date; and if he will give a breakdown of the ethnic origin of those accepted on such schemes in the last year.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThere were 1,022 young people in training on the youth training scheme in the Portsmouth local authority district at the end of May. Information on entrants to the scheme in the area in 1984–85 is given in the table:
Ethnic origin Entrants White-European 1,679 African-West Indian 1 Asian 6 Others 11 TOTAL 1,697