§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many workers in Scotland are presently employed in Government-sponsored training schemes; what this represents as a proportion of the work force; and what are the figures for each o the last 10 years.
§ Mr. RifkindInformation on numbers participating in Government training programmes is available only for YTS and the community programme and from 1984 onwards. Participants in these programmes as a proportion of the civilian work force since 1984 are set out in the table:
At present some 49,000 young people are participating in YTS and almost 20,000 people in employment training (which from September 1988 replaced the community programme and all other adult training measures).
Year (a)1Numbers in YTS and community programme (b)1Civilian workforce (a) as a percentage of (b) 1984 44,958 2,083 2.2 1985 50,304 2,109 2.4 1986 59,307 2,100 2.8 1987 68,464 2,089 3.3 1988 77,117 2,108 3.6 1 At 31 March.