§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of young people who are eligible for youth training schemes under the youth training guarantee are receiving such training; and if he will make a statement.
§ Miss WiddecombeIn May there were around 241,000 young people in England on youth training—YT—or participating in youth credits, there were a further 4,000 young people who were covered by the YT guarantee and had been waiting for a YT place for eight or more weeks, of whom 1,600 had already received an offer.
Information on how many young people who are in training and were covered by the guarantee is not available.