HC Deb 15 November 1988 vol 140 c603W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people aged 16 and 17 years who left school in Nottingham in the current year have(a) accepted a YTS place (b) got a job and (c) not joined a YTS place or a job and receive no income.

Mr. Cope

Of the 16 and 17-year-olds who left school in Nottingham this year, it is estimated that 6,720 have accepted a YTS place and about 2,370 have got a job. Information on the number who have not gained a YTS place or a job and receive no income is not available. Child benefit is being paid to the parents of those young people who left school this summer and who have applied for a YTS place but have not yet been placed.

Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many 16 to 17-year-olds have lost benefit following the eight-week period allowed as a result of refusing or not being found places on training schemes(a) in Nottingham as a whole and (b) in the Nottingham, North constituency.

Mr. Cope

I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.