§ Mr. McFallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many 16 and 17-year-olds were seeking training places in each division of every regional council in Scotland on 1 June; and what was the number of vacancies. [27576]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 21 June 1995]: The number of young people under 18 years of age seeking training places and the number of training vacancies on 31 May are shown in the following table. Information is not available to split these figures into smaller areas.
The number of vacant places on a given day is only a snapshot and does not reflect the total supply of places which would be available over the specified time scale for making offers to young people.
Careers service area Number seeking training Number of vacancies Borders 107 90 Central 254 145 Dumfries and Galloway 93 123 Fife 390 380 Grampian 293 1- Highland 116 145 Lothian 701 471 Tayside 462 296 Orkney 3 50 Shetland 8 12 Western Isles 12 32 Argyll 42 52 Ayr 445 538 Dumbarton 268 143 Glasgow 565 655 Lanark 339 240 Renfrew 262 253 Total 4,360 13,670 1Figures are not available for Grampian Enterprise area.