§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of people on youth training(a) failed to complete the course and (b) failed to obtain a recognised qualification, for each training and enterprise council in the last year for which information is available. [29232]
§ Mr. Paice[holding answer 13 May 1996]: The available information, which comes from the national follow-up survey of youth training trainees, is contained in a number of tables and will be placed in the Library. These results are consistent with the national totals published monthly in "Labour Market Trends". 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.