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Youth Training Scheme

Volume 82: debated on Wednesday 3 July 1985

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asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of (a) fatal, (b) major and (c) minor accidents on the youth training scheme from 30 September to 30 May, showing the average number of persons in training in each month during that period and the total number of entrants to the scheme in those three months.

[pursuant to his reply, 28 June 1985, c. 512]: Information is not available in the precise form requested. Accident figures for the youth training scheme are compiled on a quarterly basis. The following table therefore shows the number of accidents, the number of entrants and the average numbers in training for the two quarters, October-December 1984 and January-March 1985.to this end. Before the work was put to contract seven part-time cleaners were employed by the Ministry of Defence on the work.