§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people received bridging allowance in each of the standard regions including Scotland, and in total, in each month since January 1991.
52Wpeople in training by region and gender for years ending March 1989 and March 1990, and regional totals for March 1991 and March 1992. Information about the numbers of people on youth training programmes that were employer based is not held centrally.
§ Mr. McLoughlinMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment meets representatives of training and enterprise councils regularly, and the priority which the Government attach to meeting the YT guarantee is frequently discussed.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the value of the youth training allowance, or its equivalent, in every year since it was introduced expressed in both actual prices and in constant price terms for 1992–93.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe information requested is shown in the following table.
§ Mr. McLoughlinQuestions on operational matters in the Employment Service executive agency are the responsibility of the agency's chief executive, to whom I have referred this question for reply.