§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Paymaster General what recent representations he has received concerning the future of the Construction Industry Training Board's involvement in the youth training scheme.
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to his reply, 6 April 1987, c. 38]Since the beginning of the year I have received representations on this subject from the Construction Industry Training Board and from the Federation of Master Builders.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Paymaster General if he will publish in the Official Report the text of the letter which he has recently received from Mr. Derek Gaulter of the Construction Industry Training Board on the subject of the Construction Industry Training Board's involvement in the YTS; and if he will also arrange for his reply to that letter to be published.
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to his reply, 6 April 1987, c. 38]No. This was a private exchange of correspondence.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Paymaster General how many trainees have so far been affected in each year by the involvement of the Construction Industry Training Board in the YTS.
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to his reply, 6 April 1987, c. 38]The numbers of trainees who have started on the Construction Industry Training Board scheme are as follows:
Number 1983–84 18,980 1984–85 17,884 1985–86 17,742 1986–87 19,317 Total 73,923
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Paymaster General how many trainees the Construction Industry Training Board have proposed to involve in future years on their YTS.
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Total YTS starts 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1 year Entitlement 1986–87 2 year Entitlement 1986–88 Scotland: North 389 343 346 34 317 East 1,012 1,013 974 49 808 West 1,519 1,189 1,223 88 1,133 North 805 800 743 22 815 Yorks & Humberside 1,936 1,856 1,822 72 1,856 North West 2,033 1,993 1,928 86 2,077 East Midlands 1,333 1,258 1,294 62 1,218 West Midlands 1,675 1,601 1,529 91 1,758 East Anglia 1,294 1,043 1,031 42 1,108 Greater London 2,009 1,748 1,859 180 1,809 South East 935 995 998 73 1,114 South 1,427 1,440 1,541 121 1,550 West 1,340 1,414 1,335 111 1,452 Wales 1,097 1,074 1,014 66 1,106 18,804 17,767 17,637 1,097 18,121
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to his reply, 6 April 1987. c. 38]The Manpower Services Commission has received a proposal for some 21,500 YTS places for the hoard's 1987–89 two-year programme.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Paymaster General if he will make a statement on the record of the Construction Industry Training Board's past involvement in the YTS.
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to his reply, 6 April 1987, c. 38]The Construction Industry Training Board has made a valuable contribution to YTS. The Government hope that the board's contribution to YTS will continue and be developed.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Paymaster General if he will make a statement on the placement record of youngsters who have taken part in the Construction Industry Training Board's YTS.
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to his reply, 6 April 1987, c. 38]By 14 October 1986, 17,742 young people had started the board's 1985–86 one-year YTS programme. Of those, 3,486 had left the scheme prematurely, including 1,607 who left because they had found employment.
Some 12,967 young people had completed the scheme, of whom the board estimate that about 91 per cent. had been placed in employment.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Paymaster General how many individual construction companies have so far been involved in the Construction Industry Training Board's YTS.
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to his reply, 6 April 1987, c. 38]The Construction Industry Training Board estimates that the number of construction companies which have participated so far in YTS is between 21,000 and 23,000 in total.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Paymaster General if he will give a regional breakdown for each of the years for which the scheme has existed of the number of youngsters taking part in the Construction Industry Training Board's YTS.
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to his reply, 6 April 1987, c. 38]The information is as follows:
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1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1 year Entitlement 1986–87 2 year Entitlement 1986–88 19,218 Bircham Newton Tring Centre 176 177 105 18 81 99 18,980 17,884 17,742 19,317