HC Deb 13 January 1989 vol 144 c788W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many trainees under YTS and ET are currently in training in agriculture.

Mr. Nicholls

At the end of November 1988 there were 427,900 young people in training on YTS. Of these, 18,600 were training in agriculture and related occupations. Information on the number of ET trainees training in agriculture is not available.