§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has received in the past 12 months on the supply of and demand for youth training places in each TEC area; and what has been made public.
§ Miss WiddecombeInformation on the availability of youth training (YT) places is not collected nationally. Information on the total demand for YT places is also not collected, but the number of young people who are registered with Careers Services in England and who are covered by the YT guarantee, has been collected since August last year. Information on the number of these young people who have been waiting for a YT place for eight or more weeks in March and April has been released in response to previous questions in the House. Updated information is provided in the following table:
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Young people wailing for 8 or more weeks for a place on YT: 1993 TEC March1 April2 May3 June4 Avon 88 117 9 6 AZTEC 156 95 65 41 Barnsley and Doncaster 36 35 69 91 Bedfordshire 115 164 71 48 Birmingham 110 131 21 38 Bolton and Bury 41 19 0 0 Bradford 15 18 8 9 Calderdale and Kirklees 18 15 28 30 CAMBSTEC 69 54 55 21 Central England 14 19 15 23 Central London 136 153 71 42 CEWTEC 18 12 9 13 CILNTEC 143 109 108 73 County Durham 62 71 61 70 Coventry and Warwicks 79 86 88 87 Cumbria 33 6 12 33 Devon and Cornwall 66 71 56 27 Dorset 23 15 12 12 Dudley 2 1 2 1 ELTEC 19 29 25 14 Essex 373 329 195 199 Gloucester 28 11 5 1 Greater Nottingham 32 35 18 9 Greater Peterborough 23 17 22 21 Hampshire 207 304 251 63 HAWTEC 19 30 9 7 Heart of England 15 24 20 19 Hertfordshire 107 164 108 107 Humberside 47 36 25 30 Isle of Wight 37 28 37 29 Kent 338 183 134 103 LAWTEC 40 28 23 17 Leeds 37 26 32 32 Leicestershire 27 31 22 19 LETEC 439 380 310 233 Lincolnshire 19 39 19 19 Manchester 106 93 58 61 Merseyside 42 47 55 25 METROTEC 21 6 12 0 Milton Keynes and North Bucks 32 42 35 43 Norfolk/Waveney 4 31 27 49 NORMIDTEC 13 9 14 8 North Derbyshire 42 39 19 9 North London 66 79 59 74
TEC March1 April2 May3 June4 North Nottinghamshire 91 55 37 22 North West London 111 107 82 99 North Yorkshire 79 59 49 42 Northamptonshire 62 39 5 27 Northumberland 47 58 62 65 Oldham 36 48 28 6 QUALITEC 20 16 25 17 Rochdale 18 15 6 8 Rotherham 4 9 3 2 Sandwell 10 20 28 28 South and East Cheshire 0 0 1 0 Sheffield 156 147 277 46 Shropshire 19 24 13 16 SOLOTEC 206 194 76 37 Somerset 97 114 103 125 South Derbyshire 25 29 28 8 South Thames 476 451 339 67 Staffordshire 4 6 7 6 Stockport and High Peak 16 19 12 9 Suffolk 13 13 14 10 Surrey 94 99 28 13 Sussex 66 86 60 59 Teesside 45 56 65 100 Thames Valley Enterprise 185 198 205 228 Tyneside 60 59 56 54 Wakefield 18 18 16 13 Walsall 3 12 6 5 Wearside 0 0 0 0 West London 36 48 29 19 Wiltshire 68 68 47 41 Wolverhampton 2 6 3 5 Sources:
1 Information from Careers Service Management return (Supplement) 11 March 1993.
2 Information from Careers Service Management return (Supplement) 8 April 1993.
3 Information from Careers Service Management return (Supplement) 13 May 1993.
4 Information from Careers Service Management return (Supplement) 10 June 1993.