§ Mr. McKelveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many youth training places are available to unemployed youths in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
§ Mr. Allan Stewart[holding answer 12 June 1992]: The information requested is not collected on a constituency basis. However, a special exercise conducted by Enterprise Ayrshire on 14 May 1992 identified 545 youth training vacancies in Ayrshire.
§ Mr. McKelveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many 16 and 17-year-olds are unemployed in Kilmarnock and Loudoun; and how many of them have been offered a youth training place.
§ Mr. Allan Stewart[holding answer 12 June 1992]: In the area covered by the Strathclyde education authority careers office in Kilmarnock, which corresponds with the Kilmarnock and Loudoun district, there were 208 young people aged under 18 years registered as unemployed as at 9 April 1992, the latest date for which figures are available. Information about how many of these young people have either sought or been offered a youth training place is not available centrally. However, Enterprise Ayrshire has confirmed that the youth training guarantee is being met in its area.