HC Deb 30 November 1987 vol 123 cc399-400W
Mr. Lofthouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the percentage of YTS leavers in the Castleford travel-to-work area going into full-time paid employment within one month of leaving the scheme for each year for which records are available; and what proportion obtained paid work in the section in which they were trained.

Mr. Cope

The Manpower Services Commission has since April 1985 conducted regular follow-up surveys of all YTS trainees three months after they have left their scheme. Of those who left schemes in the local authority district of Wakefield between April 1985 and March 1986, 52 per cent, found full-time paid employment and 47 per cent, of these were employed in their training occupation.

Of those who left schemes in the district between April 1986 and May 1987, 49 per cent, found full-time paid employment and 35 per cent, of these were employed in their training occupation.