To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many 16 and 17-year-olds are currently on waiting lists for youth training and how many were on waiting lists six, 12 and 18 months ago in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) York.

The information requested is not available.

To ask the Secretary of Stale for Employment what is her latest estimate of the average annual cost of each Government-funded training place on training schemes.

The average annual cost to the Government of a place on the two major training programmes in 1991–92 is estimated to have been £2,700 for youth training including credits and £5,900 for employment training.