§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number, and the relevant percentages, of young people aged 16 and 17 years who are currently(a) on YTS and (b) employed or unemployed.
§ Mr. NichollsThe table sets out the numbers of 16 and 17-year-olds training under YTS, broken down by employed and non-employed status on 31 December 1989.
Total employed Per cent, of total Total non-employed Per cent, of total Total 16-year-olds 29,500 25.0 88,300 75.0 117,800 17-year-olds 54,700 30.5 124,500 69.5 179,200 TOTALS 84,200 28.4 212,800 71.6 297,000
Informations laid by factory and agricultural inspectorates under section 137 of the Factories Act 1961 Area 1983 1984 1985 1986–87 1987–88 01 SouthWest — — 1 — — 02 South 2 — — 1 — 03 South East 1 2 1 2 3 04–06 Greater London 2 1 2 2 — 07 East Anglia — — — 1 — 08 Northern Home Counties — — — — 1 09 East Midlands 1 7 2 2 8 10 West Midlands 2 2 2 1 1 11 Wales — — 1 — — 12 Marches 2 13 2 3 3 13 North Midlands 3 — 3 1 — 14 South Yorkshire and Humberside 3 3 2 — 1 15 West and North Yorkshire 2 2 4 6 2 16 Greater Manchester — 3 — 1 3 17 Merseyside — — 1 — — 18 North West — — — — — 19 North East 3 — — — 1 20 Scotland East — — — — — 21 Scotland West — — — — — TOTAL 21 33 21 20 23 Notes:
1983–1985 Calendar years.
1986–87 onwards Financial years.
§ Mr. Bill MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what internal research the Health and Safety Executive has done in the last two years into the proportion of factory premises which are not registered with the factory inspectorate; and if he will summarise the findings of that research in relation to the proportion of premises which are unregistered and the proportion of factory employees who work in unregistered premises.
§ Mr. NichollsIt is not possible to state the proportion of premises which are not registered or the proportion of factory employees who work in unregistered premises and there are no current research projects into non-registration. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is aware that some firms have failed to register their manufacturing premises with it as required under section 137 of the Factories Act 1961. HSE's factory inspectorate plans to spend a fixed proportion of its resources each year on the identification and inspection of unregistered fixed workplaces as part of its programme of preventive inspection. HSE also encourages registration through publicity campaigns and publications such as "500 Dead".
644WThere are also 88,600 trainees in YTS who are over 18 of whom 34 per cent. have employed status.