§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many YTS starts and how many leavers were recorded by each payment type, by male and female, and by one or two-year training entitlement by standard Training Agency region for Great Britain as a whole, and for each of the last three months.
§ Mr. NichollsAs the information is contained in several tables I shall write to the hon. Member with the information requested and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of YTS trainees leave before the completion of their two-year programme.
§ Mr. EggarThe latest information from the YTS leavers survey shows that, excluding re-entrants, 72 per cent. of trainees left YTS four weeks or more before completing their two-year entitlement to training, in the period between March 1987 and February 1989.
The proportion of early leavers in this period is not typical of YTS as a whole, since a two-year entitlement could not be completed before April 1989. The percentage of early leavers is falling as more months with a representative mixture of completers and early leavers are included in the estimate.
§ Mr. TrotterTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the numbers or proportions of trainees who leave YTS within 13, 26, 39 and 52 weeks, respectively, by Training Agency region.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 27 July 1989]: The information requested is given in the table.
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Table to show the percentage of all leavers who leave YTS in the time bands shown by region 13 26 39 52 per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. South East 21 14 11 19 London 25 15 11 20 South West 21 13 11 19 West Midlands 25 15 12 16 East Midlands & Easten 23 14 11 17 Yorks and Humberside 25 14 11 17 North West 27 14 11 14 Northern 23 13 11 15 Wales 24 14 11 18 Scotland 28 15 11 17