HC Deb 10 May 1989 vol 152 cc439-41W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will show for England and Wales(a) how many YTS trainees are on schemes run by local authorities in each region, (b) what is the total number of YTS trainees in each local authority region and (c) how many trainees are on transitional funded YTS run by local authorities for each region before 1 April.

Number of YTS schemes in England and Wales by type at 31 March 1989
Region Voluntary and community organisation Local Authority Other Total
Northern 62 75 505 642
North West 99 159 1,175 1,443
Yorkshire and Humberside 60 92 784 936
West Midlands 90 110 924 1,124
East Midlands and Eastern 68 140 923 1,131
South West 36 79 566 681
South East 55 128 997 1,180
London 68 70 676 814
Wales 51 85 424 560
Total England and Wales 589 938 6,974 8,501

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the numbers of YTS trainees, during the last 12 months, who obtained employment within six months of completing their training in(a) the Doncaster area and (b) the

Mr. Cope

The numbers of YTS trainees in training on schemes run by local authorities and in total are shown in the table.

Trainees who are in schemes that attract transitional funding are not separately identified and, therefore, the information requested could be made available only at disproportionate cost.

Number of young people in training in England and Wales at 31 March 1989
Region Local authority including local education Total number of trainees in each region
Northern 7,147 30,298
North West 11,415 60,445
Yorkshire and Humberside 11,182 45,029
West Midlands 10,480 43,493
East Midlands and Eastern 9,861 46,446
South West 9,254 30,426
South East 7,876 39.988
London 3,565 21,131
Wales 6,096 23,666
Total England and Wales 76,876 340,922

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will show for England and Wales for each region(a) how many YTS schemes are run (1) by voluntary and community organization and (2) by the local authorities, (b) what is the total number of YTS schemes are run by voluntary and community organizations which received a transitional funding grant before 1 April, (d) how many YTS schemes are run by local authorities which received a transitional funding grant before 1 April and , (e) how many YTS schemes were paid a transitional funded grant in respect of training before 1 April.

Mr. Cope

The information that identifies types of schemes in each region of England and Wales is shown in the table. Schemes that attract a transitional funding grant are not separately identified and, therefore, the information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mexborough area of South Yorkshire; and what percentage this represents of those who completed their training.

Mr. Cope

This information is not available in exactly the form requested. The latest results from the YTS follow-up survey shows that 396 trainees in the Doncaster area, including Mexborough who completed their training in the period December 1987 to November 1988 were in employment three months later. This represents 79 per cent. of all trainees in the area who completed their training.

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