Youth Training (Hansard, 14 November 1985)

§ Mr. Trippier

Under the two-year youth training scheme, which will commence in April 1986, there will be a single method of funding and administration. Providers will receive a management fee of £110 per contracted place per year and a basic grant of £160 per filled place per month. Organisations—including those in the voluntary sector—which offer places for young people with special needs will receive an additional premium of £110 per filled place per month and those voluntary organisations currently involved in the youth training scheme as mode B1 providers will also be eligible for transitional funding in 1986–87 and 1987–88. Voluntary organisations providing specialised training places for disabled youngsters will receive extra payments of £75 per filled place per month on a permanent basis (but will not be eligible for transitional funding). The new administrative arrangements will give current mode B1 providers much greater freedom than at present in the management of their schemes.

Local authority district	1983–84	1984–85
	Entrants*	Completions†	Entrants*	Completion†
	Mode A	Mode B	Mode A	Mode B	Mode A	Mode B	Mode A	Mode B
Oldham	1,138	451	3	107	1,745	541	552	206
Thameside	1,074	430	—	2	1,187	423	473	177
Stockport	1,570	199	1	5	1,722	393	864	139
Bolton	1,624	481	1	44	1,943	426	876	119
Bury	839	198	4	27	928	204	370	37
Rochdale	956	661	25	56	1,040	695	388	165
Wigan	1,842	802	1	48	2,079	567	1,032	318
Manchester	2,324	1,878	10	245	3,059	1,699	1,167	585
Salford	1,090	893	15	13	1,576	938	508	352
Trafford	1,106	688	3	219	1,140	434	562	164
Greater Manchester Total	13,563	6,681	63	766	16,419	6,320	6,792	2,262
* The entrants figures include a number of young people who have joined more than one youth training scheme.
† The figures quoted for completions exclude young people who left schemes before completing their full entitlement to training.