§ Helen JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the percentage of young people in modern apprenticeships who are from(a) one parent families and (b) households in receipt of housing benefit. [129120]
§ Alan JohnsonThe Youth Cohort Study (YCS) for England and Wales provides information on the activities of young people who have completed compulsory education. For the cohort of 16 and 17-year-olds who completed their compulsory education in 2001, the YCS estimates that 20 per cent. of those on Modern Apprenticeships were from lone parent families. The proportion of young people from lone parent families for the cohort as a whole was 22 per cent. The YCS does not collect information about the receipt of housing benefit.
§ Helen JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average pay of young people on Modern Apprenticeships was in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by job type. [129121]
§ Alan JohnsonThe rate of pay for a Modern Apprentice is agreed by the employer and the individual apprentice. Modern Apprentices are either paid a wage by their employer or receive a training allowance. The minimum training allowance is £40 per week.
550WThe Youth Cohort Study (YCS) for England and Wales provides information on the activities of young people who have completed compulsory education. According to the YCS, for the cohort who completed compulsory education in 2001, the average pay for 16 and 17-year-olds who were either waged or paid a training allowance was £88 per week. For the cohort who completed compulsory education in 1999, the corresponding rate of pay for 18 and 19-year-olds was £133 per week.
The YCS does not collect information by job type for Modern Apprenticeships.