§ Mr. Robert B. Jonesasked the Paymaster General what is the percentage of YTS trainees who obtain full-time employment (a) nationally and (b) in the West Hertfordshire constituency.
§ Mr. TrippierThe Manpower Services Commission conducts a monthly follow-up survey of all young people leaving YTS. The latest results, covering those who left YTS between 1 April and 31 December 1985. show that 53 per cent. were in full-time work some three months after leaving YTS. A further 4 per cent. were in part-time work.
Information about YTS leavers in the West Hertfordshire constituency is not available. However, latest results for the Dacorum local authority district, which forms a significant proportion of the constituency, show that 71 per cent. of YTS leavers were in full-time work and a further 3 per cent. were in part-time work.