HC Deb 30 November 1989 vol 162 cc397-8W
Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report the number of YTS and employment training trainees that there have been in Grampian region since these schemes were established, in total and broken down by district; and how many trainees were in each instance offered full-time employment on the completion of their course.

Mr. Lang

The numbers of YTS and employment training entrants in Grampian region and in each district of the region since these training schemes were established are set out in the table:

Local Authority District Employment Training YTS
Gordon 128 1,027
Banff/Buchan 194 2,565
Moray 318 2,398
Aberdeen 2,111 10,346
Total for Grampian Region 2,751 16,336

Follow-up information on YTS completers in the Grampian region is available from year ended April 1987 onwards, and is set out in the table below:

Percentage of YTS completers in full-time employment
Year ended per cent.
March 1987 50.0
March 1988 75.1
March 1989 87.1

At present, information of the number of employment training trainees who find full-time employment is not available. A 100 per cent. follow-up survey which will provide information on this is now under way.

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