§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Employment when Her Majesty's Government intend to privatise the Professional and Executive Register: if opportunities will be provided to outside organizations
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Destination of youth opportunities programmes and youth training scheme leavers Youth opportunities programmes1 Youth training scheme2 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 31984–85 41985–86 Full time job with some employer 22 20 21 18 24 28 Full time job with different employer 30 24 25 27 31 25 Part-time job 5— 5— 5— 5— 61 74 Full-time course 2 3 2 3 3 3 On another youth training scheme 8 8 8 9 6 6 Something else 4 4 5 6 3 6 Unemployed 34 40 39 37 32 28 1 Figures for the youth opportunities programme refer to those studying their scheme in the relevant year. 2 Figures for youth training scheme refer to those leaving their scheme in the relevant year. 3 This year is made up of two separate periods. April 1984 to July 1984 a survey of 10 per cent, of leavers in nine selected area offices and June 1984 to March 1985 a 15 per cent, national follow-up of youth training scheme leavers. and companies to bid for it; and what was the financial performance of the Professional and Executive Register in the more recent year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Fowler[pursuant to his reply, 21 July 1987, c.165]: As my right hon. and learned Friend the Paymaster General said earlier this year, the Government have
no present plans to change the basis of operation of the service but its future is kept under review".According to provisional accounts PER bettered its objective of recovering all its expenditure from fee income by some £37,000 in 1986–87.