§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment at the end of October, November, December 1989 and January 1990, how many people of YTS eligible age registered with jobcentres or the careers service were awaiting an offer of a YTS place; and of them how many were receiving bridging allowance or extended child benefit or income support.
§ Mr. NichollsOnly local careers services hold information on the total number of young people awaiting the offer of a YTS place. There is no central record.
The number of young people receiving bridging allowance was as follows:
Numbers 12 October 8,096 9 November 7,446 14 December 7,440 11 January 8,943 The number of young people whose parents were receiving extended child benefit is provided in the table:
Numbers 29 October 14,639 26 November 13,461 31 December 12,652 28 January 1,104 Information on the number of young people receiving income support is not available.
§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest figure for participants in the YTS scheme.
§ Mr. NichollsAt 31 January 1990 there were 380,200 young people undertaking YTS training in Great Britain.