HC Deb 16 March 1993 vol 221 cc196-7W
15. Mr. Milligan

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what progress there has been on the delivery of the youth training guarantee in Hampshire.

Mr. McLoughlin

Hampshire training and enterprise council and the careers service have been working extremely hard to ensure that the YT guarantee is met. I am pleased to say that there are now over 6,000 young people on YT and that the number waiting for places has reduced dramatically in recent months.

16. Mr. Waterson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what types of apprenticeship are being brought forward through the youth training scheme in the south-east of England.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Some 10,300 apprenticeships covering a wide range of skills were operating under youth training in the south-east in spring 1992.

17. Mr. Hunter

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will make a further statement on the implementation of training for work.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

Annual contract negotiations with training and enterprise councils are well on their way to completion and training for work will start from the 29 March as a major part of the 1.5 million opportunities we are making available to help people back to work.

23. Mr. Patrick Thompson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what types of apprenticeship are coming forward through the youth training scheme.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Some 54,000 apprenticeships were operating under youth training in the spring of 1992, over 30,000 more than in 1984; and covering a wide range of occupations. One example is the county Durham training and enterprise council engineering initiative, offering training to craft and technician levels for over 100 young people.

Ms Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many people were participating in (a) employment training, (b) employment action, (c) the enterprise allowance scheme and (d) youth training in each region and in Great Britain as a whole in each month since September 1992; and if she will make a statement;

(2) if she will publish a table showing for each region and for Great Britain as a whole the destination of leavers from (a) youth training schemes and (b) ET, giving the most recent figures, and figures for each earlier period since the scheme began to operate, broken done in the same way as the answer of 15 February to the hon. Member for Islington, North (Mr. Corbyn), Official Report, column 58.

Mr. McLoughlin

As the information is contained in a large number of tables, I will write to the hon. Member.