§ 63. Mr. James Hamiltonasked the Paymaster General if he will make a statement on the progress of the educational content of the YTS.
§ Mr. TrippierOff-the-job training-education in YTS is a programme of learning which takes place outside the day-to-day pressures of the workplace; all two-year YTS programmes must include a minimum of 20 weeks off-the-job training-education.
§ Ms. Clare Shortasked the Paymaster General how many and what percentage of YTS trainees have contracts of employment.
§ Mr. TrippierI regret that the information is not readily available in the form requested and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost. However, around 5 per cent. of young people joining YTS between April and December 1985 had contracts of employment at the time their training began.