§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of people on youth training(a) failed to complete the course, (b) failed to obtain a recognised qualification and (c) completed the course but failed to find a job, for each training and enterprise council in the financial year 1995–96. [6331]
§ Mr. PaiceThe available information, which comes from the national follow-up survey of YT trainees, is given in the following table. These results are consistent with the national totals published in "Labour Market Trends". They relate to the period February 1995 to January 1996, the last full year for which data are available. The figures overstate the extent to which young people leave the programme early. They include a significant number who simply switched from one training provider to another, as well as trainees who left early having already achieved their full qualification. Those not gaining a qualification will include many who subsequently obtained a job, or continued in further education and training.
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Youth Training England and Wales by TEC February 1995 to January 1996 leavers Proportion of leavers who: TEC Did not complete the course Did not gain a qualification Completed the course but did not find a job Humberside 54 49 11 Leeds 45 45 7 Rotherham 56 56 15 Sheffield 56 51 14 Wakefield 48 61 15 North Yorkshire 41 46 11 Bolton-Bury 45 52 13 Normidtec 58 51 7 South and East Cheshire n/a n/a n/a Cumbria 47 47 15 Eltec 44 46 10 Lawtec 42 48 11 Central Manchester 53 55 10 Merseyside 62 58 13 Oldham 51 51 12 Rochdale 55 51 14 Qualitec 47 47 17 Stockport-High Peak 46 49 10 Metrotec 55 49 5 Cewtec 57 46 14 Birmingham 46 41 17 Central England 50 50 10 Coventry-Warks 47 44 10 Dudley 50 51 9 Hawtec 45 46 12 Sandwell Tec 47 48 9 Shropshire 49 46 10 Staffordshire 40 38 8 Walsall 59 57 8 Wolverhampton 53 56 II Mid Glamorgan 56 61 11 South Glamorgan n/a n/a n/a Gwent 52 59 14 Powys n/a n/a n/a North-east Wales 40 46 16 North-west Wales 47 55 15 West Wales 55 59 15 Westtec 49 45 15 Devon-Cornwall 42 53 18 Dorset 52 49 9 Gloucester 41 52 12 Somerset 46 55 16 Wiltshire 48 45 14 Essex 49 45 16 Hampshire 49 49 12 Heart of England 40 45 16 Hertfordshire 38 45 14 Wight Training 42 53 16 Kent 48 51 14 Milton Keynes 44 46 12 Surrey 48 47 13 Sussex 46 50 11 Thames Valley 42 57 9 Aztec 44 50 13 North London 38 50 15 North-west London 47 55 22 Clintec n/a n/a n/a Central London 49 52 24 London East 47 47 17 Solotec 46 53 20 West London 45 43 12 South Thames n/a n/a n/a England and Wales 49 49 13 Note:
n/a = not available due to the low number of processed returns.
Source:
YT National follow-up survey.