§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Paymaster General what, is the take-up of (a) community programme places and (b) YTS places by (i) all local authorities and (ii) all health authorities, in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. TrippierI regret that the information requested is not available. However, on 31 May 1986, the latest date for which statistics are available, there were 93,883 people taking part in local authority schemes under tile community programme. For YTS on the same date, there were 30,737 young people in training on local authority schemes, for which contracts have been awarded since 1 April 1986.
Figures for health authorities are not available.