HC Deb 25 February 1987 vol 111 c312W
Ms. Clare Short

asked the Paymaster General if, pursuant to the reply of 17 February, Official Report column 528, he will specify the basis of the figure of 5 per cent. in relation to the number of YTS entrants with contracts of employment; and if he will give the scope and nature of the sample survey used.

Mr. Trippier

The YTS start certificate, completed for every young person at the outset of a YTS training programme, records whether he or she has a contract of employment. That information, together with other details from the certificate, is recorded in the Manpower Services Commission YTS management information system. The figure of around 5 per cent. for the proportion of entrants with contracts of employment refers to the period April-December 1985.

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