§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish details for each of the standard economic regions within Great Britain for each218W year from April 1986 to the most recent date, the number of contracted YTS places (a) in total and (b) contracted to schemes specifically catering for trainees with disabilities.
§ Mr. NichollsDetails for each of the standard economic regions within Great Britain for each year from April 1986 to the most recent date, the number of contracted YTS places(a) in total; and (b) contracted to schemes specifically catering for trainees with disabilities are as follows:
11987 11988 11989 11990 Scotland 55,384 63,285 62,493 60,989 Northern 35,155 42,288 39,781 37,490 North West 78,406 90,069 81,112 76,962 Yorkshire and Humberside 53,592 60,987 61,469 60,197 Midlands 68,136 77,342 68,962 62,067 Wales 31,061 32,311 29,019 29,326 South West 36,427 46,363 43,397 41,282 South East 59,266 66,301 58,907 58,722 London 37,249 36,320 30,383 32,699 East Midlands and East 58,510 68.455 61,533 60,679 Great Britain 513,186 583,721 537,056 520,413 1 To the 31 March The figures showing the number of YTS places contracted to schemes specifically catering for trainees with disabilities are not available.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list and make available any research on young people with disabilities and YTS undertaken or commissioned by the Manpower Services Commission, the Training Commission and the Training Agency.
§ Mr. NichollsReports of relevant research are listed and include reports on young people with special training needs in YTS where disability issues are a major component of the research concerned. I will place copies of these documents in the Libraries of both Houses
—Going on YTS: The recruitment of young people with disabilities;—Note on YTS experience of young people with special training needs;—Young people with special training needs: the survey report;—Employer involvement in special training needs training.