HC Deb 15 July 1996 vol 281 cc425-6W
Mr. Rowlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the percentage of youths undergoing training who enjoyed employed status on the last date of their training in each of the training and enterprise council areas in Wales in 1995. [36581]

Mr. Jonathan Evans

Information is not available on the number of young people with employed status on the last day of their training. Employed status statistics are collected for those in training on the last day of each period. The percentage of young people with employed status who were in training in each TEC area at 31 December 1995 is shown in the following table:

Percentage of young people with employed status in training1 at 31 December 1995 (provisional)
TEC Per cent.
Gwent 66
Mid Glamorgan 63
North-east Wales 64
Powys 44
South Glamorgan 62
TARGED 69
West Wales 46
Wales total 59
1 Includes Youth Training, Youth Credits, Modern Apprenticeships and Accelerated Modern Apprenticeships.

Mr. Rowlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many individuals started youth training in each year since 1990–91. [36585]

Mr. Evans

The number of young people in training in each year since 1990–91 is shown in the following table:

Year Starts
1990–91 18,231
1991–92 17,955
1992–93 16,911
1993–94 17,567
1994–95 117,179
1995–96 1 218,939
1 Includes modern apprenticeship first-time entrants
2 Provisional.