To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the total number of (a) YTS trainees with employment contracts in December 1989 and for each of the standard regions, Scotland, Wales and Great Britain.
The information requested is in the table.
| Numbers of trainees with employed status, in training at 31 December 1989 | |
| Number | |
| Great Britain | 114,421 |
| South East | 16,725 |
| London | 8,450 |
| South West | 10,258 |
| West Midlands | 12,483 |
| East Midlands and Eastern | 15,772 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 12,817 |
| North West | 17,617 |
| Northern | 4,666 |
| Wales | 6,338 |
| Scotland | 9,295 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment which are the 10 largest managing agents involved in YTS; what is the total number of trainees contracted to them; and what was the total Government expenditure on them in December 1989 for Great Britain.
The table shows the 10 largest single contract managing agents in Great Britain, together with the number of agreed places.
| Managing Agents | Agreed Places |
| Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) | 34,000 |
| Non-Electrical Programme |
Managing Agents
| Agreed Places
|
| CITB | |
| Electrical Programme | 9,500 |
| Clothing and Allied Products Industry Training Board | 7,228 |
| Sight and Sound | 4,515 |
| Motor Agents Association | 4,000 |
| Association of British Travel Agents | 2,650 |
| British Rail | 1,900 |
| British Association of Professional Hairdressing Employers | 1,830 |
| Hairdressing Training Association | 1,760 |
| County of Avon Youth Training Scheme | 1,750 |
| Total number of places | 69,133 |
The total amount paid to these managing agents during December 1989 was £11,516,489·93.