§ Mr. LofthouseTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the percentage of YTS leavers in400W 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. CopeThe 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.