YTS (Hansard, 14 February 1989)

§ 17. Mr. Stern
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many summer 1988 school leavers in the Bristol travel-to-work area have not yet been offered a YTS place if they have requested one.

§ Mr. Cope
None. The Training Agency has made more than sufficient YTS places available for all those who apply for one.

§ 53. Mr. Hinchliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has any plans to increase the non-work content in YTS; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Cope
I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Leeds, West (Mr. Battle) earlier today.

§ 60. Mr. Jacques Arnold
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people are currently training on the two-year YTS; and if he will make a statement.

§ 87. Mr. Boswell
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people are currently on YTS training schemes; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. Cope
At the end of December 1988 there were 419,900 young people in training on YTS. Of these, 396,800 were on a two-year training programme.
As the Government made clear in the recent White Paper "Employment for the 1990s", YTS is a highly successful programme. The task now is to increase still further the contribution which YTS can make to meeting the needs of the changing labour market.

§ 67. Mr. Franks
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current number of YTS places in Barrow-in-Furness; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Cope
At 3 February 1989 there were 1,453 YTS places in the Barrow-in-Furness local authority district. There are sufficient YTS places available to meet both current and anticipated demand.

§ 71. Miss Lestor
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many young persons are on YTS in the Eccles area; and how many of them have their excess fares paid.

§ Mr. Cope
The information is not available in the precise form requested. At 31 December 1988 there were 1,844 young people on YTS in the Salford local authority district. Information on how many were in receipt of excess fares could be provided only at disproportionate cost.