§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Paymaster General if he will list the number of people recorded as in training on the YTS for each month since its inception showing separately for each month the contemporary figure available immediately, as provided in the progress report for the 607W Youth Training Board, and the latest available figure as revised by the Spectrum system, indicating which figures are now definitive.
§ Mr. TrippierThe figures requested are given in the table. The figures in the right-hand column are definitive for 1983–84 and are the latest available from April 1984.
The contemporary monthly figures are subject to revision as late notifications are received of young people joining and leaving YTS. As delays in notifying leavers tend to be greater than delays in notifying entrants, the contemporary monthly figures are generally higher than the revised numbers.
Number of young people recorded as in training on the youth training scheme on the last day of each month Number in training on the last day of: The contemporary* figure as reported to the Youth Training Board The definitive figure 1983 April †2,590 11,095 May †7,138 15,245 June +21,325 34,168 July †46,392 57,238 August †86,503 107,409 September †172,503 202,386 October †230,482 246,869 November 250,183 257,942 December 256,533 254,797 1984 January 260,118 257,498 February 259,282 252,737 March 251,516 240,121 April 246,055 233,569 May 238,083 229,418 June 235,227 244,631 July 283,151 277,048 August 292,048 277,661 September 307,179 287,758 October 316,131 291,714 November 311,344 287,485 December 301,896 279,767 1985 January 293,140 276,296 February 283,363 268,015 March 271,059 252,247 April 259,482 247,556 May 248,523 232,772 June 1261,216 236,340 July 291,583 273,112 August 291,007 247,934 September †317,143 295,597 October 311,285 292,992 November 301,424 284,638 December 293,268 279,908 1986 January 285,184 277,893 February 277,548 277,548 * The contemporary figures for April 1983 to April 1984 inclusive were taken from a manual count of the numbers in training. The figures for May 1984 onwards were the most up-to-date available from the Spectrum computerised management system at the time. † These contemporary figures were not provided in the progress report to the Youth Training Board.