§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the qualifications obtained by those trainees on YTS scheme who have stayed into their second year.
§ Mr. CopeA list of qualifications obtained by YTS trainees who stayed into their second year is given in the table.
A national survey of trainees who stayed into their second year shows that 98 per cent. of all trainees had trained for a qualification during their first year on the scheme and 54 per cent. of all trainees had gained a qualification. The significant number of trainees gaining qualifications through YTS represents an important step towards the Government's target that all young people should enter the labour market with a qualification.
Survey of YTS trainees entering their second year of training by September 1987 Percentage of all trainees gaining a qualification by type of qualification gained1 Percentage RSA Basic 5 RSA/Pitmans grade 1 10 RSA or Pitmans 2/3 3 City and Guilds foundation/general 17 City and Guilds grade 1 or above 27 BTeC general or first cert 9 BTeC national or TeC 2 3 SCOTVEC modules 8 CPVE 1 Academic (CSE/GCE etc) 9 Others 28 1 Some trainees obtained more than one qualification. (Mainly qualifications awarded by industry training boards.)
§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of black participants get jobs on leaving the YTS.
§ Mr. CopeThe latest results from the Manpower Services Commission's follow-up survey of all YTS leavers590W show that 42 per cent. of black participants who left YTS schemes between April 1986 and October 1987 were in jobs at the time of the surveys.