§ Mr. EtheringtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much the present minimum weekly training allowance for youth training would be currently, if it had been uprated in line with inflation since 1990. [25443]
§ Mr. PaiceThe present minimum weekly training allowance for youth training, which may be supplemented by employers, would be £37.93 for 16-year-olds and £45 for 17-year-olds and above if it had been uprated in line with inflation since 1990
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§ Mr. EtheringtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will give the number and percentage of young people in Sunderland who are participating in youth training and the percentage who are receiving more than the minimum allowance from employers or training provider. [25444]
§ Mr. PaiceSome 2, 100 young people in Sunderland are currently participating in youth training. Of the 16-year-old cohort eligible to leave school in the summer of 1995, 25 per cent. in Sunderland went into youth training. Information on those who are receiving more than the minimum allowance in Sunderland is not available.
§ Mr. EtheringtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans she has to increase the minimum weekly training allowance for youth training. [25442]