asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis about the
| Entrants to training schemes for young people | ||||||||
| 1977–78 | 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | *1984–85 | |
| Youth Training Schemed† | — | — | — | — | — | — | 370,220 | 380,000 |
| Training for Skills‡ | 35,742 | 35,002 | 18,256 | 20,146 | 21,400 | 25,212 | 374 | 440 |
| Threshold Scheme≑ | 379 | 579 | 874 | 1,750 | 1,460 | 1,386 | 1,358 | 1,175 |
| Unified Vocational Preparation¶ | — | — | — | 4,500 | 6,034 | 10,000 | 240 | — |
| Total | 36,121 | 35,581 | 19,130 | 26,396 | 28,894 | 36,598 | 372,192 | 381,615 |
| * Latest estimates. | ||||||||
| † The youth training scheme commenced in April 1983 and covers 16 and 17-year-old school leavers and some older disabled leavers. | ||||||||
incident at the offices of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children on Friday 15 February; how many people were involved; how many people have since been arrested; on what charges they were arrested; and if he will make a statement.
I understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that at 12.20 pm on Friday 15 February 12 people entered the premises of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children and wrote slogans and sprayed foam in the offices; a tape recorder was also damaged. At 1.54 pm that afternoon nine people in the vicinity who were thought to answer the description of those seen leaving the premises were arrested for burglary. They were detained for questioning and were released from custody later than afternoon. No charges have yet been brought in respect of the incident, but police inquiries are continuing.