HC Deb 16 February 1993 vol 219 cc185-6W
Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what monitoring has taken place(a) in London and (b) elsewhere of young people graduating from youth training schemes to establish how useful these schemes have been in enabling young people to find employment.

Mr. McLoughlin

A variety of information is collected about what happens to young people after leaving their youth training scheme. Information is collected from both training providers and from the trainees themselves. Local training and enterprise councils—TECs—may collect further information about their trainees but this is not held centrally. A regular monthly report containing information at national and regional level about the success of youth training trainees obtaining employment and qualifications is placed in the Library.

Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what statistics her Department collates with respect to youth training schemes.

Mr. McLoughlin

Responsibility for the organisation of youth training lies with TECs and information about individual training schemes is not held centrally. TECs are required through their contract with the Secretary of State to provide only summary information. A copy of this contract is available in the Library. Although information on schemes is not available, information about trainees and their training is collected and held centrally.

Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessment she has made of whether youth training schemes nationwide are achieving the goals for which they were established; and what criteria the Government use to determine the success or failure of youth training schemes.

Mr. McLoughlin

The Department's annual report, Cm 2205, explains the objectives of YT and how progress towards achieving these is measured. A copy of the current report is available in the Library.

Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people in(a) London and (b) England are currently registered on youth training schemes.

Mr. McLoughlin

At December 1992, the latest date for which information is available, it is estimated that there were 19,300 people registered on youth training in London and 242,000 people registered on youth training in England. Both figures include youth credits.