HC Deb 25 July 1986 vol 102 cc586-98W
Mr. Sheerman

asked the Paymaster General, for each survey of leavers (ad hoc, 15 per cent. and 100 per cent.) conducted since the YTS began, if he will publish in the Official Report the number and percentage of leavers in each who were (a) in full-time work with the same employer, (b) in full-time work with a different employer, (c) in part-time work, (d) on a full-time course at a college or training centre, (e) back at school, (f) on another YTS, (g) doing something else and (h) unemployed, showing for each survey the total number of usable questionnaires returned, the percentage response rate and the number of those who responded who were early leavers.

Mr. Trippier

The precise information requested is not available. The table gives the result of the Manpower Services Commission surveys conducted on YTS leavers and represents the response to the question "What are you doing now?"

Young people who left YTS
Ad Hoc surveys leavers between 15 per cent, survey 100 per cent, survey
Per cent, and bracketed Nos. of respondents April 1983 and November 1983 April 1983 and March 1984 April 1984 and July 1984 Between June 1984 and March 1985 Between April 1985 and January 1986
In full-time work with same employer 4 12 22 24 28 (56,663)
In full-time work with different employer 34 37 34 31 24 (48,776)
In part-time work n/a n/a 2 1 4(7,211)
On full-time course at college/training centre 4 1 2 3 3 (6,407)
Back at school 2 * * * n/a
In another YTS scheme 29 13 4 6 6 (12,864)
Doing something else 3 3 2 2 4 (8,906)
Unemployed 24 34 34 32 27 (54,939)
Sample Details
Usable response per cent. 53 55 69 63 58 (195,766)
Sample size 1,962 2,715 3,637 63,737 338,973
Per cent, respondents who were early leavers 100 90 64 54 43
n/a = Information not available.
* Means less than 0.5 per cent.

Mr. Sheerman

asked the Paymaster General if he will publish for each month of the 100 per cent. YTS leavers' survey, the destinations of leavers in each of the Manpower Services Commission regions.

Mr. Trippier

The tables give the destinations of YTS leavers for each Manpower Services Commission region

In a full-time job
All Same employer Different employer In a part-time job Unemployed On another YTS scheme On a full-time course Doing something else Not answered
Northern
Month 6,392 3,205 3,187 670 6,327 1,160 402 632 326
Percentage 40.2 20.1 20.0 4.2 39.8 7.3 2.5 4.0 2.0
April 1985 312 106 206 38 299 16 3 26 7
Percentage 44.5 15.1 29.4 5.4 42.7 2.3 0.4 3.7 1.0
May 1985 634 301 333 70 621 30 6 49 19
Percentage 44.4 21.1 23.3 4.9 43.5 2.1 0.4 3.4 1.3
June 1985 870 464 406 112 835 85 47 78 52
Percentage 41.8 22.3 19.5 5.4 40.2 4.1 2.3 3.8 2.5
July 1985 693 347 351 93 733 113 44 72 34
Percentage 39.1 19.4 19.6 5.2 41.0 6.3 2.5 4.0 1.9
August 1985 1,560 888 672 157 1,416 182 137 173 83
Percentage 42.1 23.9 18.1 4.2 38.2 4.9 3.7 4.7 2.2
September 1985 1,047 590 457 62 903 251 124 104 62
Percentage 41.0 23.1 17.9 2.4 35.4 9.8 4.9 4.1 2.4
October 1985 377 151 226 46 520 185 19 50 40
Percentage 30.5 12.2 18.3 3.7 42.0 15.0 1.5 4.0 3.2
November 1985 393 165 228 45 468 151 16 45 20
Percentage 34.5 14.5 20.0 4.0 41.1 13.3 1.4 4.0 1.8
December 1985 152 62 90 13 204 56 3 18 7
Percentage 33.6 13.7 19.9 2.9 45.0 12.4 0.7 4.0 1.5
January 1986 349 131 218 34 328 91 3 17 2
Percentage 42.4 15.9 26.5 41 39.8 11.0 0.4 2.1 0.2
Yorkshire and Humberside
Month 11,303 6,226 5,077 996 7,358 1,408 550 953 490

monthly between April 1985 and January 1986. Response is to the question "What are you doing now?" The data for each month is taken from the 100 per. cent. YTS leavers survey and represents the position of leavers surveyed 3 months after leaving YTS.

In a full-time job
All Same employer Different employer In a part-time job Unemployed On another YTS scheme On a full-time course Doing something else Not answered
Percentage 49.0 27.0 22.0 4.3 31.9 6.1 2.4 4.1 2.1
April 1985 552 182 370 58 388 39 3 32 16
Percentage 50.7 16.7 34.0 5.3 35.7 3.6 0.3 2.9 1.5
May 1985 1,025 516 509 94 713 42 11 52 23
Percentage 52.3 26.3 26.0 4.8 36.4 2.1 0.6 2.7 1.2
June 1985 1,712 1,048 664 130 742 76 51 109 74
Percentage 59.2 36.2 22.9 4.5 25.6 2.6 1.8 3.8 2.6
July 1985 1,346 798 548 129 782 143 62 118 55
Percentage 51.1 30.3 20.8 4.9 29.7 5.4 2.4 4.5 2.1
August 1985 2,647 1,646 1,001 229 1,430 231 209 258 112
Percentage 51.7 32.2 19.6 4.5 28.0 4.5 4.1 5.0 2.2
September 1985 1,803 1,143 660 119 1,113 285 153 152 96
Percentage 48.5 30.7 17.7 3.2 29.9 7.7 4.1 4.1 2.6
October 1985 801 373 428 87 746 227 27 79 52
Percentage 39.7 18.5 21.2 4.3 36.9 11.2 1.3 3.9 2.6
November 1985 655 239 416 70 705 198 21 77 41
Percentage 37.1 13.5 23.5 4.0 39.9 11.2 1.2 4.1 2.3
December 1985 303 127 176 31 337 74 4 46 11
Percentage 37.6 15.8 21.8 3.8 41.8 9.2 0.5 5.7 1.4
January 1986 459 154 305 49 402 93 9 30 10
Percentage 43.6 14.6 29.0 4.7 38.2 8.8 0.9 2.9 1.0
North West
Month 15,043 7,596 7,447 1,078 8,524 2,377 1,122 1,358 757
Percentage 49.7 25.1 24.6 3.6 28.2 7.9 3.7 4.5 2.5
April 1985 757 206 551 65 416 46 7 48 35
Percentage 55.1 15.0 40.1 4.7 30.3 3.3 0.5 3.5 2.5
May 1985 1,595 763 832 121 997 69 25 105 100
Percentage 53.0 25.3 27.6 4.0 33.1 2.5 0.8 3.5 3.3
June 1985 2,304 1,359 945 175 1,109 214 137 183 119
Percentage 54.3 32.0 22.3 4.1 26.1 5.0 3.2 4.3 2.8
July 1985 2,077 1.187 890 152 962 313 118 177 82
Percentage 53.5 30.6 22.9 3.9 24.8 8.1 3.0 4.6 2.1
August 1985 3,181 1,852 1,329 223 1,526 465 347 321 151
Percentage 51.2 29.8 21.4 3.6 24.6 7.5 5.6 5.2 2.4
September 1985 2,078 1,147 931 116 1,176 485 389 231 139
Percentage 45.0 24.9 20.2 2.5 25.5 10.5 8.4 5.0 3.0
October 1985 915 308 607 63 679 337 42 108 52
Percentage 41.7 14.0 27.6 2.9 30.9 15.3 1.9 4.9 2.4
November 1985 996 390 606 74 707 263 36 100 45
Percentage 44.8 17.6 27.3 3.3 31.8 11.8 1.6 4.5 2.0
December 1985 445 173 272 32 395 73 10 58 23
Percentage 43.0 16.7 26.3 3.1 38.1 7.0 1.0 5.6 2.2
January 1986 695 211 484 57 557 112 11 27 11
Percentage 47.3 14.4 32.9 3.9 37.9 7.6 0.7 1.8 0.7
Midlands
Month 22,901 12,145 10,756 1,569 10,947 3,335 1,475 2,112 956
Percentage 52.9 28.1 24.8 3.6 25.3 7.7 3.4 4.9 2.2
April 1985 999 390 609 80 54.0 64 10 72 32
Percentage 55.6 21.7 33.9 4.5 30.1 3.6 0.6 4.0 1.8
May 1985 2,167 1,156 1,011 155 1,049 104 23 131 34

In a full-time job
All Same employer Different employer In a part-time job Unemployed On another YTS scheme On a full-time course Doing something else Not answered
Percentage 59.2 31.6 27.6 4.2 28.6 2.8 0.6 3.6 0.9
June 1985 4,202 2,538 1,664 297 1,443 229 221 357 171
Percentage 60.7 36.7 24.0 4.3 20.9 3.3 3.2 5.2 2.5
July 1985 3,270 1,878 1,392 217 1,294 384 185 298 141
Percentage 56.5 32.4 24.0 3.7 22.4 6.6 3.2 5.1 2.4
August 1985 5,140 3,070 2,070 344 2,011 699 424 504 222
Percentage 55.0 32.9 22.2 3.7 21.5 7.5 4.5 5.4 2.4
September 1985 2,773 1,447 1,326 181 1,566 650 451 340 166
Percentage 45.3 23.6 21.6 3.0 25.6 10.6 7.4 5.5 2.7
October 1985 1,473 580 893 99 1,015 475 88 172 91
Percentage 43.2 17.0 26.2 2.9 29.7 13.9 2.6 5.0 2.7
November 1985 1,340 524 816 95 930 412 41 130 64
Percentage 44.5 17.4 27.1 3.2 30.9 13.7 1.4 4.3 2.1
December 1985 517 211 306 44 422 153 19 61 27
Percentage 41.6 17.0 24.6 3.5 34.0 12.3 1.5 4.9 2.2
January 1986 1,020 351 669 57 677 165 13 47 8
Percentage 51.3 17.7 33.7 2.9 34.1 8.3 0.7 2.4 0.4
South West
Month 9,175 5,332 3,843 535 2,921 765 550 735 291
Percentage 61.3 35.6 25.7 3.6 19.5 5.1 3.7 4.9 1.9
April 1985 376 121 255 33 144 13 4 21 7
Percentage 62.9 20.2 42.6 5.5 24.1 2.2 0.7 3.5 1.2
May 1985 884 515 369 71 270 31 4 53 16
Percentage 66.5 38.8 27.8 5.3 20.3 2.3 0.3 4.0 1.2
June 1985 1,431 943 488 69 349 54 70 85 48
Percentage 67.9 44.8 23.2 3.3 16.6 2.6 3.3 4.0 2.3
July 1985 1,296 786 510 66 326 83 100 93 32
Percentage 64.9 39.4 25.6 3.3 16.3 4.2 5.0 4.7 1.6
August 1985 2,112 1,350 762 117 554 156 163 206 70
Percentage 62.5 40.0 22.6 3.5 16.4 4.6 4.8 6.1 2.1
September 1985 1,479 916 563 70 425 156 165 140 63
Percentage 59.2 36.7 22.5 2.8 17.0 6.2 6.6 5.6 2.5
October 1985 551 277 274 20 270 107 19 51 23
Percentage 52.9 26.6 26.3 1.9 25.9 10.3 1.8 4.9 2.2
November 1985 501 206 295 47 279 94 17 50 16
Percentage 49.9 20.5 29.4 4.7 27.8 9.4 1.7 5.0 1.6
December 1985 191 89 102 20 132 26 4 24 11
Percentage 46.8 21.8 25.0 4.9 32.4 6.4 1.0 5.9 2.7
January 1986 354 129 225 22 172 45 4 12 5
Percentage 57.7 21.0 36.6 3.6 8.0 7.3 0.7 2.0 0.8
London
Month 5,534 2,983 2,551 230 1,952 400 381 394 241
Percentage 60.6 32.7 27.9 2.5 21.4 4.4 4.2 4.3 2.6
April 1985 312 119 193 8 155 12 7 10 2
Percentage 61.7 23.5 38.1 1.6 30.6 2.4 1.4 2.0 0.4
May 1985 485 241 244 23 200 15 9 8 1
Percentage 65.5 32.5 32.9 3.1 27.0 2.0 1.2 1.1 0.1
June 1985 549 311 238 28 149 17 36 50 22
Percentage 64.5 36.5 28.0 3.3 17.5 2.0 4.2 5.9 2.6
July 1985 587 333 254 22 173 33 50 43 43

In a full-time job
All Same employer Different employer In a part-time job Unemployed On another YTS scheme On a full-time course Doing something else Not answered
Percentage 61.7 35.0 26.7 2.3 18.2 3.5 5.3 4.5 4.5
August 1985 1,197 775 422 45 268 72 98 80 55
Percentage 66.0 42.7 23.3 2.5 14.8 4.0 5.4 4.4 3.0
September 1985 913 565 348 22 278 84 123 66 58
Percentage 59.1 36.6 22.5 1.4 18.0 5.4 8.0 4.3 3.8
October 1985 512 249 263 20 216 55 31 48 26
Percentage 56.4 27.4 29.0 2.2 23.8 6.1 3.4 5.3 2.9
November 1985 398 144 254 26 245 54 9 48 21
Percentage 49.7 18.0 31.7 3.2 30.6 6.7 1.1 6.0 2.6
December 1985 324 166 158 16 125 26 12 28 9
Percentage 60.0 30.7 29.3 3.0 23.1 4.8 2.2 5.2 1.7
January 1986 257 80 177 20 143 32 6 13 4
Percentage 54.1 16.8 37.3 4.2 30.1 6.7 1.3 2.7 0.8
South East
Month 19,267 10,665 8,602 932 4,961 1,208 926 1,237 591
Percentage 66.2 36.6 29.5 3.2 17.0 4.1 3.2 4.2 2.0
April 1985 862 259 603 52 278 20 7 31 7
Percentage 68.6 20.6 48.0 4.1 22.1 1.6 0.6 2.5 0.6
May 1985 1,827 997 830 123 450 45 15 39 17
Percentage 72.6 39.6 33.0 4.9 17.9 1.8 0.6 1.6 0.7
June 1985 2,959 1,762 1,197 135 534 72 136 188 83
Percentage 72.0 42.9 29.1 3.3 13.0 1.8 3.3 4.6 2.0
July 1985 2,375 1,395 980 121 470 144 117 145 88
Percentage 68.6 40.3 28.3 3.5 13.6 4.2 3.4 4.2 2.5
August 1985 4,731 3,086 1,645 204 889 244 285 317 135
Percentage 69.5 45.3 24.2 3.0 13.1 3.6 4.2 4.7 2.0
September 1985 2,659 1,596 1,063 92 686 245 239 213 95
Percentage 62.9 37.7 25.1 2.2 16.2 5.8 5.7 5.0 2.2
October 1985 1,181 526 655 64 552 165 58 92 68
Percentage 54.2 24.1 30.0 2.9 25.3 7.6 2.7 4.2 3.1
November 1985 1,307 527 780 74 556 132 33 138 65
Percentage 56.7 22.9 33.8 3.2 24.1 5.7 1.4 6.0 2.8
December 1985 611 245 366 20 246 66 18 52 26
Percentage 58.8 23.6 35.2 1.9 23.7 6.4 1.7 5.0 2.5
January 1986 755 272 483 47 300 75 18 22 7
Percentage 61.7 22.2 39.5 3.8 24.5 6.1 1.5 1.8 0.6
Wales
Month 5,336 2,788 2,548 511 4,158 808 365 632 273
Percentage 44.2 23.1 21.1 4.2 34.4 6.7 3.0 5.2 2.3
April 1985 247 76 171 30 207 35 1 28 8
Percentage 44.4 13.7 30.8 5.4 37.2 6.3 0.2 5.0 1.4
May 1985 376 128 248 49 361 39 6 41 15
Percentage 42.4 14.4 28.0 5.5 40.7 4.4 0.7 4.6 1.7
June 1985 532 279 253 51 451 44 27 64 49
Percentage 43.7 22.9 20.8 4.2 37.0 3.6 2.2 5.3 4.0
July 1985 560 309 251 52 377 68 40 59 30
Percentage 47.2 26.1 21.2 4.4 31.8 5.7 3.4 5.0 2.5
August 1985 1,533 916 617 143 929 121 153 179 61
Percentage 49.2 29.4 19.8 4.6 29.8 3.9 4.9 5.7 2.0
September 1985 978 624 354 76 683 158 93 121 58

In a full-time job
All Same employer Different employer In a part-time job Unemployed On another YTS scheme On a full-time course Doing something else Not answered
Percentage 45.1 28.8 16.3 3.5 31.5 7.3 4.3 5.6 2.7
October 1985 406 177 229 36 445 133 17 62 27
Percentage 36.1 15.7 20.3 3.2 39.5 11.8 1.5 5.5 2.4
November 1985 356 153 203 36 246 107 21 42 17
Percentage 38.5 16.5 21.9 3.9 37.4 11.6 2.3 4.5 1.8
December 1985 124 51 73 16 [...] [...] 4 19 5
Percentage 32.4 13.3 19.1 4.2 44.1 12.0 1.0 5.0 1.3
January 1986 224 75 149 22 190 ob/ 3 17 3
Percentage 43.4 14.5 28.9 4.3 36.8 11.0 0.6 3.3 0.6
Scotland
Month 10,488 5,723 4,765 690 7,791 1,403 636 853 363
Percentage 47.2 25.8 21.4 3.1 35.1 6.3 2.9 3.8 1.6
April 1985 403 123 280 33 376 ob/ 6 19 6
Percentage 45.0 13.7 31.3 3.7 42.0 5.8 0.7 2.1 0.7
May 1985 746 379 367 45 [...] [...] 17 59 18
Percentage 51.5 26.2 25.3 3.1 ob/ ob/ 1.2 4.1 1.2
June 1985 841 454 387 75 673 ob/ 58 77 39
Percentage 45.8 24.7 21.1 4.1 36.6 4.1 3.2 4.2 2.1
July 1985 1,382 818 564 79 724 150 96 112 38
Percentage 53.5 31.7 21.9 3.1 28.1 5.8 3.7 4.3 1.5
August 1985 2,458 1,536 992 132 1,333 273 276 209 98
Percentage 51.4 32.1 19.3 2.8 27.9 5.7 5.8 4.4 2.1
September 1985 1,192 672 520 75 1,001 206 92 123 66
Percentage 43.3 24.4 18.9 2.7 36.3 7.5 3.3 4.5 2.4
October 1985 694 311 383 67 785 175 33 60 32
Percentage 37.6 16.8 20.7 3.6 42.5 9.5 1.8 3.3 1.7
November 1985 790 336 454 63 759 183 20 63 47
Percentage 41.0 17.5 23.6 3.3 39.4 9.3 1.0 3.3 2.4
December 1985 919 586 333 52 645 ob/ 15 69 12
Percentage 50.9 32.5 18.4 2.9 35.7 5.2 0.8 3.8 0.7
January 1986 1,063 508 555 69 987 141 23 62 7
Percentage 45.2 21.6 23.6 2.9 42.0 6.0 1.0 2.6 0.3
Great Britain
Month 105,439 56,663 48,776 7,211 54,939 12,864 6,407 8,906 4,288
Percentage 52.7 28.3 24.4 3.6 27.5 6.4 3.2 4.5 2.1
April 1985 4,820 1,582 3,238 397 2,803 297 48 287 120
Percentage 54.9 18.0 36.9 4.5 32.0 3.4 0.5 3.3 1.4
May 1985 9,739 4,996 4,743 751 5,169 430 116 537 243
Percentage 57.3 29.4 27.9 4.4 30.4 2.5 0.7 3.2 1.4
June 1985 15,400 9,158 6,242 ob/,072 6,286 866 783 1,191 657
Percentage 58.7 34.9 23.8 4.1 23.9 3.3 3.0 4.5 2.5
July 1985 13,591 7,851 5,740 931 5,841 1,431 812 1,117 543
Percentage 56.0 32.4 23.7 3.8 24.1 5.9. 3.3 4.6 2.2
August 1985 24,559 15,119 9,440 1,594 10,356 2,443 2,092 2,247 987
Percentage 55.5 34.1 21.3 3.6 29.4 5.5 4.7 5.1 2.2
September 1985 14,992 8,700 6,222 813 7,831 1,829 1,490 803
Percentage 49.4 28.8 20.6 2.7 25.9 8.3 6.1 4.9 2.7
October 1985 6,910 2,952 3,958 502 5,228 1,859 334 722 411
Percentage 43.3 18.5 24.8 3.1 32.7 11.6 2.1 4.5 2.6
November 1985 6,736 2,684 4,052 530 4,995 1,594 214 693 336
Percentage 44.6 17.8 26.8 3.5 33.1 10.6 1.4 4.6 2.2

In a full-time job
All Same employer Different employer In a part-time job Unemployed On another YTS scheme On a full-time course Doing something else Not answered
December 1985 3,586 1,710 1,876 244 2,673 613 89 375 131
Percentage 46.5 22.2 24.3 3.2 34.7 7.9 1.2 4.9 1.7
January 1986 5,176 1,911 3,265 377 3,756 811 90 247 57
Percentage 49.2 18.2 31.1 3.6 35.7 7.7 0.9 2.3 0.5

Mr. Sheerman

asked the Paymaster General if he will publish in the Official Report the information available from the 100 per cent. YTS leavers' surveys about (a) the range and average wages earned, (b) the hours worked and (c) the types of jobs done by those leavers (i) in full-time work with the same employer (ii) in full-time work with a different employer and (iii) in part-time work.

Mr. Trippier

The latest summary information for leavers between April 1985 and September 1985 is given in the tables following. There is no information collected in YTS leavers survey on hours worked. Leavers earnings are given by the leavers and may be subject to reporting error.

Weekly take home par of YTS leavers April to September 1985
Percentage of leavers earning Full-time jobs with same employer Full-time jobs with different employer Part-time job
Less than 1 per Less than 1 per
Less than £20 Less than 1 per cent. Less than 1 per cent. 5
£20–£39–99 27 23 65
£40–£59–99 56 56 23
£60–£79–99 15 16 6
£80–£99–99 2 3 2
£100 or more 1 1 1
Average weekly take-home pay £50 £50 £39

Source: YTS follow-up questionnaires addressed to a 10 per cent. sample of leavers between April and September 1985.

Percentage occupation of jobs of YTS leavers April to September 1985
Occupational training family Full-time job with same employer Full-time job with different employer Part-time job
Administrative/Clerical 22 24 6
Agriculture 3 2 3
Craft/Design 8 5 1
Maintenance/Repair 15 9 2
Technical/Scientific 3 3 —
Manufacturing 10 18 4
Processing 1 2 1
Food Preparation 4 6 15
Sales/Personal Service 15 12 35
Community/Health 2 3 8
Transport 1 1 1
Other occupation 9 9 12
No answer given 7 7 11

Source: YTS follow-up questionnaires addressed to 100 per cent. of leavers between April and September 1985.

Mr. Sheerman

asked the Paymaster General if he will place in the Library the full result of all the 100 per cent. YTS leavers' surveys which have been conducted.

Mr. Trippier

As the hon. Member will know, key monthly statistics from the 100 per cent. survey of YTS leavers are regularly placed in the Library.

The Manpower Services Commission is currently preparing a full report covering the survey results and I have arranged for a copy to be placed in the Library in due course. It will be the first of a regular series.

The survey produces a wealth of information about young people who enter YTS and it is impossible to predict all the facts and figures which individual Members will wish to know. For that reason I will continue to respond to specific requests for information as they arise.