HC Deb 06 February 1992 vol 203 cc265-6W
Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on how the youth training guarantee applies to young people in the areas covered by training credits.

Mr. Jackson

Training credits operate within the YT framework and the YT guarantee continues to apply.

Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will place in the Library a copy of each review of the systems of training credits which have been piloted during the last year.

Mr. Jackson

We hope to issue a report in the spring on the results of the evaluation of the training credits pilot schemes during their first nine months of operation. A copy will be placed in the Library.

Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the proposals to extend the system of training credits.

Mr. Jackson

No. The information contained in the proposals is commercial in confidence.

Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what evalution of training credits was conducted by his Department before 26 November 1991.

Mr. Jackson

At 26 November 1991, an interim study of the pilots had been completed by the training standards inspectorate in conjunction with the careers service inspectorate. External research in each pilot area had also been commissioned. We hope to publish evaluation results from the first nine months of operating training credits in the spring.