§ Ms. Clare Shortasked the Paymaster General how many black and white trainees there were on each youth training scheme in the Birmingham and Solihull area at the latest available date.
§ Mr. TrippierThe Manpower Services Commission. is urgently considering the extent to which information provided by managing agents and sponsors on the ethnic background of trainees on the youth training scheme can be made available. I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as I am in a position to do so.
§ Ms. Clare Shortasked the Paymaster General if he will provide the best available information on the academic qualifications of (a) black and (b) white trainees on entry to the youth training schemes.
§ Mr. TrippierReliable, comprehensive information is not available. I shall, however, write to the hon. Member with the details of some information we have.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Paymaster General if he has any information that would lead him to revise his estimate of nine deaths on the youth training scheme from 1 April 1983 to 30 June 1985, as given to the hon. Member for Bolsover on 23rd October, Official Report, columns 168–170; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. TrippierNo. The nine fatalities referred to in my reply of 23 October included a fatality which occured in Scotland on 26 February this year and which was the subject of a fatal accident inquiry held on 14 November. If the inquiry finds that the death did not arise out of or in connection with a training or work activity, the fatality will not be included in the Manpower Services Commission's future accident figures for the youth training scheme. I will write to the hon. Member when I know the outcome of the inquiry.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Paymaster General if he will list the number of cases in which the families of youth training scheme trainees who died on youth training schemes were sent cheques for £78 by the Manpower Services Commission in lieu of industrial death benefit payments from the Department of Health and Social Security.
§ Mr. TrippierSince the youth training scheme was introduced on 1 April 1983, the parents of six young people have been paid the equivalent of industrial death benefit by the Manpower Services Commission. In five cases the maximum payment of £78 was made and in one case a payment of £52 (the maximum for a single parent) was made.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Paymaster General if he will provide the date of death of each youth training scheme trainee since 1 April 1983 and the cause of death in each case.
§ Mr. TrippierThe following is a list of fatalities on the youth training scheme since 1 April 1983:
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Date of Fatality Cause of Fatality 27 June 1983 Road traffic accident 7 September 1983 Accident on residential outdoor activity 12 October 1983 Forklift truck accident 1 February 1984 Tractor accident 27 July 1984 Road traffic accident 22 August 1984 Road traffic accident 24 September 1984 Dumper truck overturned 12 February 1985 Severe burns 26 February 1985 The outcome of a fatal accident inquiry into this death is awaited to establish the exact cause 29 July 1985 Electrocution 20 August 1985 Road traffic accident
§ Mr. Corbettasked the Paymaster-General (1) what is, by each Manpower Services Commission area, the size of the budget and the allocation of premium places for youth training scheme mode B for the year from April 1986; and how this compares with the provision for each year since the scheme was introduced;
(2) what is the total Manpower Services Commission budget for 1986–87 for the provision of mode B youth training scheme places; how many places this is expected to provide; and what were the figures for each of the last two financial years.
§ Mr. TrippierIt is not possible to break down expenditure by area, but the tables show the allocation by area of approved places in mode B1 community projects and training workshops for 1984–85 and 1985–86 Under the two-year youth training scheme from April 1986 the distinction between modes will disappear, but existing mode 131 providers will generally be eligible for the premium rate of funding. The national planning total of approved first-year premium places for 1986–87 is 51,000 (excluding information technology centres). In addition there will be approved second year places, but their number, and the allocations to areas, have yet to be determined. Planned spending on premium places in 1986–87 is also therefore undecided, but in 1983–84, 84,637 places were approved in community projects and training workshops, and expenditure was some £105 milliom; in 1984–85, 65,195 approved places were planned, and some £217 million spent.
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1984–85 Area Total Number of Planned Approved Places Community Projects Training Workshops Total Glasgow 988 345 1,333 Lanarkshire 578 474 1,052 Renfrew, Dunfermline and Argyll 850 690 1,540 Ayrshire, Dumbarton and Galloway 607 443 1,050 Lothian and Borders 575 270 845 Central and Fife 270 380 650 Grampian and Tayside 364 152 516 Highlands and Islands 194 98 292 Durham 535 940 1,475 Cleveland 894 696 1,590 Newcastle 1,080 390 1,470 South Tyne 1,370 465 1,835
Area Total Number of Planned Approved Places Community Projects Training Workshops Total Humberside 745 500 1,245 Leeds 1,060 320 1,380 Bradford 655 495 1,150 Wakefield 930 395 1,325 Sheffield 1,030 310 1,340 Cheshire 1,428 442 1,870 Cumbria 195 95 290 Lancashire 1,075 100 1,175 Manchester Central 1,160 490 1,650 Manchester East 280 210 490 Manchester North 730 330 1,060 Merseyside Inner 1,730 495 2,225 Merseyside Outer 1,307 903 2,210 Birmingham 1,945 335 2,280 Coventry 1,055 663 1,718 Derby 770 230 1,000 Dudley 760 385 1,145 Leicester 1,113 700 1,813 Lincoln 363 202 565 Nottingham 914 598 1,512 Staffordshire 1,132 300 1,432 Telford 842 158 1,000 Wolverhampton 1,600 330 1,930 Gwent 600 105 705 Swansea 830 220 1,050 Cardiff 1,290 605 1,895 Wrexham 635 345 980 Avon 1,000 80 1,080 Gloucester 899 111 1,010 Plymouth 853 202 1,055 Taunton 600 170 770 Chatham 1,075 250 1,325 Chelmsford 550 750 1,300 Fareham 807 285 1,092 High Wycombe 650 40 690 Horsham 880 90 970 Ipswich 938 192 1,130 Luton 470 170 640 Reading 415 115 530 London North East 660 440 1,100 London North 440 250 690 London South East 640 380 1,020 London South West 260 450 710 Total 45,616 19,579 65,195
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1985–86 Area Total Number of Planned Approved Places Community Projects Training Workshops Total Glasgow 582 465 1.047 Lanarkshire 580 440 1,020 Renfrew, Dunfermline and Argyll 645 620 1,265 Ayrshire, Dumbarton and Galloway 443 472 915 Lothian and Borders 590 275 865 Central and Fife 320 380 700 Grampian and Tayside 335 185 520 Highlands and Islands 194 99 293 Durham 470 900 1,370 Cleveland 777 673 1,450 Newcastle 856 379 1,235 South Tyne 1,185 450 1,635 Humberside 690 530 1,220 Leeds 995 320 1,315
Area Total Number of Planned Approved Places Community Projects Training Workshops Total Bradford 630 470 1,100 Wakefield 865 450 1,315 Sheffield 1,005 330 1,335 Cheshire 1,338 482 1,820 Cumbria 170 130 300 Lancashire 1,086 115 1,201 Manchester Central 1,061 539 1,600 Manchester East 310 210 520 Manchester North 730 320 1,050 Merseyside Inner 1,765 444 2,209 Merseyside Outer 1,152 928 2,080 Birmingham 1,870 395 2,265 Coventry 916 554 1,470 Derby 575 320 895 Dudley 645 335 980 Leicester 900 570 1,470 Lincoln 595 — 595 Nottingham 914 558 1,472 Staffordshire 1,310 190 1,500 Telford 827 173 1,000 Wolverhampton 1,103 330 1,433 Gwent 600 105 705 Swansea 800 220 1,020 Cardiff 1,165 725 1,890 Wrexham 630 305 935 Avon 900 65 965 Gloucester 829 111 940 Plymouth 695 205 900 Taunton 610 165 775 Chatham 915 230 1,145 Chelmsford 370 700 1,070 Fareham 722 339 1,061 High Wycombe 525 80 605 Horsham 579 165 744 Ipswich 922 224 1,146 Luton 466 138 604 Reading 415 120 535 London North East 414 302 716 London North 616 400 1,016 London South East 610 550 1,160 London South West 285 425 710 Total 41,497 19,605 61,102
§ Mr. Wilsonasked the paymaster-General if he will publish in the Official Report a breakdown of the regional variations which exist of the percentage of youth training scheme places assessed for performance.
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to his reply, 18 November 1985, c. 38]: The percentage of approved 1984–85 places covered by programmes assessed in each region by the end of July 1985 was as follows:
Region Places assessed per cent. Scotland 97 Northern 99 North West 97 Yorks and Humberside 97 Midlands 97 Wales 99 South West 92 South East 96 London 95 Great Britain 96 One hundred per cent. coverage is not required because some approved places remain unfilled.