§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish tables to show for each region and for Great Britain as a whole, the latest results of the YTS leavers survey, to show for male and female trainees and for each separate ethnic group and for those with a disability(a) those in full-time work with the same employer, (b) those in full-time work with a different employer, (c) those in part-time work, (d) those on a full-time course at a college or training centre, (e) those on another YTS, (f) those doing something else, (g) those who were unemployed, (h) those who had obtained a vocational qualification, (i) the number of questionnaires issued, (j) the usable percentage response rate and (k) the percentage of respondents who were early leavers; what were the numbers of accidents on YTS, fatal, major and minor, for the latest available three-month period; and how many YTS placements were closed or not accepted in that period and in the three preceding months.
§ Mr. ForthThe complete information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost. Table 1 provides information about the situation of young people three months after leaving youth training in the period April 1990 to September 1990. Table 2 provides separate figures on the numbers of accidents for the period April 1991 to June 1991. Separate figures for closures and rejections of YT placements are no longer available.
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Table 1 Youth Training Outcomes April—September 1990: All Leavers GB1 Scotland Northern Y&H North West West Midlands Wales South West South East London East Midlands and Anglia Number of returned questionnaires 78,489 10,827 6,112 9,114 10,597 8,460 4,502 5,599 5,414 2,252 10,886
GB1 Scotland Northern Y&H North West West Midlands Wales South West South East London East Midlands and Anglia per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. In jobs at time of survey2 65 61 55 63 62 67 61 71 71 61 70 In jobs, YT or another full-time course at time of survey2 80 78 74 79 78 82 76 83 83 75 83 Gained qualification 47 47 42 43 45 49 41 57 56 40 49 Source: YT National Follow-up-Survey.
1 Includes some trainees not identified to a particular region.
2 Activity 3 months after leaving.
Youth training accident statistics April 1991—June 1991 Fatal Major Minor West Midlands 0 10 49 East Midlands and Eastern 0 6 24 London 0 3 12 South East 0 8 22 South West 0 5 14 Yorkshire and Humberside 0 11 47 Northern 0 8 67 Wales 0 8 34 North West 0 18 52 Scotland 0 11 32 National 0 87 353 (a) Employment Department figures have been compiled on a similar basis to those prepared by the Health and Safety Executive on employed persons. However, the Employment Department's figures include a number of accidents to trainees in educational establishments and road traffic accidents which would not have been reportable to the Health and Safety Executive had the individuals been employed.
(b) Major injuries are classified according to the severity criteria laid down in the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985. These regualtions which came into force on 1 April 1986 reclassified fractured wrists and ankles as major injuries which were not considered to be major under the previous regulations, the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1980 (NADOR).