§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were on(a) YT/youth credits and (b) modern apprenticeships (i) on average in 1994 and (ii) at the last date for which figures are available. [19938]
§ Mr. PaiceOn average in 1994, there were 280,400 people on youth training, including youth credits, in Great Britain. In January 1995, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 287,100 people on YT, including youth credits, in Great Britain.
As modern apprenticeship prototypes did not begin until September 1994, it is not possible to give an average figure for 1994. As at 7 April 1995, the latest date for which figures are available, according to training and enterprise council estimates 1,393 young people had started modern apprenticeships in the 17 prototype TECs in England.
§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number and percentage of YT trainees who currently have employed status. [19940]
§ Mr. PaiceIn the period April to December 1994, 38 per cent. of those leaving youth training in England and Wales had employed status at the time they left. As this figure is estimated from incomplete information, it is possible to give only the percentage of employed status leavers, not the actual number.