HC Deb 04 December 1987 vol 123 c768W
Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is(a) the total number and (b) the percentage of YTS sponsors who contract-out their training, at the latest available date and at equivalent dates for each year since the scheme started.

Mr. Cope

The surveys of YTS providers conducted in June-August 1984 and January-February 1986 provide estimates of the numbers of schemes in which any or all of the off-the-job training is contracted out and of the proportions they represent of all YTS schemes. This information is:

Schemes wiih off-the-job training contracted out
1984 survey 1986 survey
Per cent. Per cent.
Some or all contracted out 4,100 (71) 4,100 (74)
All contracted out 1,400 (24) 1,300 (24)