§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish for 1988 and to date for Greenock and Port Glasgow(a) the number of filled places in YTS by training occupational classification and (b) the number of contracted places in YTS by training occupational classification.
§ Mr. LangThe information is not available in the exact form requested. Figures for Inverclyde district for the current financial year from April 1988 to January 1989 are given in tables 1 and 2.
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1988 1989 Training Occupational Classifications April May June July August September October November December January Total 940 902 969 936 981 1,000 999 988 968 1,063 Note:
Some filled places figures exceed agreed place numbers. This is because managing agents have the flexibility to increase provision within certain limits.
Table 2 YTS Agreed Places Training Occupational Classifications 1988 1989 April May June July August September October November December January Administrative and Clerical Clerical 161 149 149 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 Typists, Keyboard Operators 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 Computing 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 General 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 Creative, and Educational and Recreational Service 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 Health, Community and Personal Service Hairdressers 225 173 169 169 169 169 169 169 169 169 Other H, C and P Service 29 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 General 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 Selling and Storage Retail Selling 188 272 270 239 239 239 239 239 239 239 Stores and Warehouse Workers 63 62 62 62 62 62 62 62 62 62 Other Selling and Storage — 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 Catering and Food Preparation and Processing Chefs, Cooks 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Other C and FP and P 114 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 General 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Transport Operating 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Construction and Civil Engineering Bench Joiners 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Plumbers 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 General 102 102 102 102 102 102 102 102 102 102 Electrical and Electronic Engineering Electrical/Electronic Maintenance Fitters 37 37 37 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 Other Electrical/Electronic Engineering 33 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 General 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 Mechanical Engineering and Metal Production and processing Other Mechanical Engineering and Metal Production/Processing 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 General 117 117 117 117 135 135 135 135 135 135 Motor Vehicle Repair and Maintenance Motor Vehicle Mechanics 63 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 Motor Vehicle Body Repairs 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 General 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 Printing 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Clothing and Textiles Manufacturing 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 Total 1,445 1,382 1,376 1,336 1,358 1,358 1,358 1,358 1,358 1,358
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the average weekly take-home pay for YTS leavers in(a) Greenock and Port Glasgow, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole; and what steps he is currently taking to review these pay rates.
§ Mr. LangThe Government do not collect such information. However, the centre for educational128W sociology at Edinburgh university gathered some information in autumn 1987 on average rates of pay offered to young people after they left YTS as part of the Scottish young people's survey. Details were as follows:
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Gross weekly earnings Sample numbers Strathclyde £86.02 392 Scotland £88.01 801 The survey sample size precludes the provision of meaningful figures for Greenock and Port Glasgow.
When a young person leaves YTS for a job the pay received is entirely a matter for the employer.