§ Mr. Baldryasked the Paymaster General if he will make a statement on progress being made towards the implementation of a two-year youth training scheme.
§ Mr. TrippierFollowing consultations with interested parties, the Manpower Services Commission has recently finalised and published details of the main funding and administrative arrangements for the two-year youth training scheme, including transitional provision for ex-mode B1 schemes. During the next few months guidance about the design and content and other aspects of two-year training courses will be issued; and staff in the Manpower Services Commission's area offices will be discussing with potential training providers how they might be involved in the two-year scheme.
§ Mr. Baldryasked the Paymaster General if he will make a statement about the proposed funding arrangements for youth training schemes which hitherto have been designated as mode B training schemes.
§ Mr. TrippierUnder the new two-year youth training scheme, existing mode B1 providers will generally be eligible for the premium rate of funding and so receive £270 per trainee per month, in addition to the managing agent's fee. The provider will continue to get this higher level of funding for as long as the young person remains on his scheme, including those periods when the young person is receiving work experience on an employer's premises. Many current mode B1 providers will also receive transitional funding for 1986–87 and 1987–88.