§ Mr. EtheringtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many 16 and 17-year-olds in Sunderland have left their youth training scheme placements prematurely in(a) 1990 and (b) 1991; and what are the latest figures for 1992.
(2) how many 16 and 17-year-olds in Sunderland completed their YTS placements in (a) 1990 and (b) 1991 and subsequently obtained full-time employment.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythInformation is not available in the precise form requested. Information is, however, available on the percentages of all YT leavers in the Wearside training and enterprise council area, which includes Sunderland, as follows:
Youth training entrants' needs are assessed by training providers. If trainees need to develop their literacy and numeracy skills and word power/number power is appropriate, the training provider will make it available as a matter of course.
The results of these assessments are not separately collated.
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§ Mr. EtheringtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many 16 and 17-year-olds in Sunderland have been assessed as needing special needs youth training scheme placements in(a) 1990 and (b) 1991; and what is the latest available figure for 1992.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe number of school leavers assessed by the Careers Service as special needs in the Wearside training and enterprise council area in 1990–91 was 1,100. The figure for 1991–92 was 900. Figures for 1992–93 will not be available until late summer when all the young people concerned have left school and registered with the Careers Service.
§ Mr. EtheringtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many places are available on youth training schemes in Sunderland for(a) number power and (b) word power in (1) 1990 and (2) 1991; and what is the latest available figure for 1992.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe year 1992–93 is the first in which targets have been set by the Department for word power and number power. Wearside training and enterprise council has contracted to achieve 200 word power/number power certificates this financial year.
Figures for earlier years are not available.
§ Mr. EtheringtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many places were available for 16 and 17-year-olds in Sunderland on youth training schemes in (1) 1990, (2) 1991; and what is the latest figure for 1992.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe Department of Employment contracts with training and enterprise councils for provision of training weeks in youth training. The actual contracted training weeks figures for the years requested are:
Numbers 1990–91 143,599 1991–92 157,790 1992–93 1142,150 1 Profile.
§ Mr. EtheringtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many youth training scheme places there were for 16 and 17-year-olds in Sunderland for individuals with special needs in(a) 1990 and (b) 1991; and what is the latest available figure for 1992.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythUnemployed young people are guaranteed an appropriate training opportunity in youth training. It follows that the number of special needs training places provided is consistent with demand. To date, Wearside training and enterprise council has met the guarantee to unemployed young people in its area.
The proportion of youth training entrants with special needs is approximately 30 per cent. In numerical terms provision of special needs training is estimated as:
Number 1990–91 1,100 1991–92 1,070 1992–93 1,000