§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the latest figures on the youth training guarantee defined from the careers service management returns supplement of 10 September, and in particular(a) the number of clients who have left full-time education and are maintaining contact with the careers service, (b) the number of clients in the guarantees and currently seeking a youth training place and (c) the number of clients know to be endorsed for special training needs including 1991 and 1992 leavers and others for each of the regions and islands authority areas and for Scotland.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe arrangements for obtaining management information from the careers service in relation to the youth training guarantee are still developing. Discussions are taking place to ensure that the data are reliable and consistent. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment told the Select Committee on Employment on 21 October that she would make available to the Select Committee final figures from the October return when they are available. I shall write to the hon. Member with the figures for Scotland as soon as I am in a position to do so.