HC Deb 22 July 1986 vol 102 cc185-9W
Mr. Hume

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what information is available on the number of full-time youth training programme places allocated to each of the further education colleges in Northern Ireland at present and for each of the past three years;

(2) what information is available on the number of full-time youth training programme places allocated to each of the Government training centres, youth and community workshops and other providers currently and for each of the past three years.

Dr. Boyson

[pursuant to his reply, 16 July 1986, c. 547]: The information specifically requested by the hon. Gentleman in regard to full-time training provision within the youth training programme is as follows.

Figures for 1983–84 are shown separately as they are not directly comparable with those for the subsequent years. The year 1983–84 was the first full recruitment year of the youth training programme. Without an established proven basis of demand there was considerable overprovision of places in both the first and second year full-time training schemes. In addition, the places provided offered training primarily based in one establishment and of a particular kind to young people; there was little complementarity in what was on offer to young people, even within one locality.

Training Centres
Training centre 1983–84
Ballymena 218
Boucher Road, Belfast 211
Craigavon 238
Dundonald 300
Enniskillen 140
Felden 264
Lisburn 92
Maydown 144
Newry 312
Omagh 120
Springtown 144
Total 2,183

Training centre 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
Ballymena 146 159 159
Boucher Road, Belfast 110 120 88
Craigavon 158 167 163
Dundonald 220 247 240
Enniskillen 67 75 72
Felden 158 197 196
Lisburn 60 96 84
Maydown 108 118 105
Newry 234 243 243
Omagh 106 81 103
Springtown 106 108 90
Total 1,473 1,611 1,543

Further Education Colleges
College 1983–84
College of Business Studies 72
College of Technology 327
Rupert Stanley College 319
Antrim Technical College 110
Ballymena Technical College 141
Coleraine Technical College 111
Larne Technical College 162
Magherafelt Technical College 95
Newtownabbey Technical College 246
North Antrim Technical Area 87
Armagh Technical College 92
Banbridge Technical College 106
East Tyrone Technical College 80
Lurgan Technical College 111
Newry Technical College 100
Portadown Technical College 72
Castlereagh College of Further Education 192
Downpatrick/Ballynahinch Technical Area 174
Lisburn Technical College 162
Newcastle Technical College 85
North Down Technical College 177
Fermanagh College of Further Education 70
Limavady Technical College 136
North West College of Technology 204
Omagh Technical College 54
Total 3,485

College 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
College of Business Studies 50 60 60
College of Technology 112 150 137
Rupert Stanley College 256 206 253
Antrim Technical College 79 65 71
Ballymena Technical College 85 73 81
Coleraine Technical College 104 74 74
Larne Technical College 112 92 81
Magherafelt Technical College 76 60 72

College 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
Newtownabbey Technical College 174 166 129
North Antrim Technical College 83 54 50
Armagh Technical College 76 60 60
Banbridge Technical College 68 60 52
East Tyrone Technical Area 76 72 62
Lurgan Technical College 90 88 77
Newry Technical College 96 85 85
Portadown Technical College 48 34 38
Castlereagh College of Further Education 77 102 100
Downpatrick/Ballynahinch Technical Area 158 132 132
Lisburn Technical College 143 152 144
Newcastle Technical College 75 75 59
North Down Technical College 159 163 147
Fermanagh College of Further Education 35 20 20
Limavady Technical College 112 85 85
North West College of Technology 128 123 142
Omagh Technical College 38 30 32
Total 2,510 2,281 2,243

Community workshops
Workshop 1983–84
Ardoyne 84
Ballycastle 35
Ballymac 75
Bann Area Training Services 110
Beechvalley 70
Carrickfergus 88
Castlereagh 65
Clanrye 48
Clowney 116
Coalisland 55
Colinbrook 85
Cookstown 56
Craigavon 58
Crumlin Road 91
Derry 205
Erne 55
Extern 50
Fallswater 55
Federation Street 40
Glenand 130
Keady 40
Lecale 60
Limestone 75
Lisburn 100
Lough view 80
Lower Falls 116
Lurgan 48
Maydown 120
Mournecraft 140
Moyola 52
North Down 80
Omagh 39
Portadown 84
Quest ITeC 64
Scala 104
Seven Towers 45
Shankill 76
Shantallow 72
Strabane 110
VSB 60
Woodvale 72
Total 3,208

Workshop 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
Antrim 45 55 60
Ardoyne 80 80 80
Ballycastle 35 35 35
Ballymac 60 55 55
Bann Area Training Services 100 90 100
Beechvalley 60 60 60
Carrickfergus 85 85 75
Castlereagh 65 70 80
Clanrye 48 50 60
Clowney 110 105 105
Coalisland 50 55 55
Colinbrook 80 85 85
Cookstown 50 50 50
Craigavon 55 55 55
Crumlin Road 75 110 110
Derry 150 190 200
Erne 55 55 55
Extern 48 50 50
Fallswater 55 55 50
Federation Street 40 45 45
Glenand 130 130 135
Ready 40 35 35
Lecale 40 40 40
Limestone 70 70 70
Lisburn 90 70 70
Loughview 80 80 85
Lower Falls 116 123 120
Lurgan 45 50 55
Maydown 135 140 140
Mournecraft 117 125 125
Moyola 50 50 50
North Down 75 75 80
Omagh 35 35 40
Portadown 54 40 40
Quest ITeC 125 125 125
Scala 84 84 75
Seven Towers 45 55 78
Shankill 70 65 60
Shantallow 72 85 105
Strabane 110 110 105
Maydown ITeC — — 25
Southern ITeC — 25 25
VSB 55 60 65
Woodvale 70 85 85
Total 3,054 3,192 3,298

1983–84
Number
Employer Based Schemes 3,246
Other Providers
Youth Community Projects 800
Young Help 404
National Trust 62
Enterprise Ulster 400
Attachment Training 100
Employment Rehabilitation Unit 20
GRAND TOTAL (all providers) 13,908

At the beginning of 1984 several major structural changes were made to the youth training programme which affected the way in which providers contributed to the delivery of training. Figures for 1984–85 and subsequent years are not therefore comparable to those provided for 1983–84. First of all, from 1984–85 onwards provision of training places has been matched very closely to demand. Secondly, full-time training has been delivered through partnerships of two or more training providers to give young people off-the-job training, further education and work experience. One provider acts as lead partner but all contribute to the training of the young people. Places are not allocated to individual providers, but each lead partner is invited to meet recruitment targets for his partnership. The following statistics relate to the targets which each partner has been invited to meet, for 1984–85, 1985–86 and in the current year 1986–87; in some cases they were not met; and in other cases they were considerably exceeded.

1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
Employer Led Partnerships 1,212 1,101 1,299
Other Providers
Youth Community Projects 200 236 231
Young Help 200 244 236
National Trust 35 24 —
Enterprise Ulster 50 — —
Attachment Training 30 — —
GRAND TOTAL (all providers) 8,762 8,678 8,850