Mr. Ctemitsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of young persons between 16 and 19 years of age currently receiving (a) full-time and (b) part-time education; and what are the corresponding figures for each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Gerry FowlerThe number of pupils and students between their 16th and 19th birthdays in December/January in schools, publicly maintained further education establishments and universities in England and Wales is given below for the most recent years for which statistics are available.
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Academic Year Full-time Thousand Part-time* Thousand 1969–70 … … 567 442 1970–71 … … 584 432 1971–72 … … 605 411 1972–73 … … 622 398 1973–74 … … 690 415 1974–75† … … 758 424 * Students at major establishments of further education, including those attending in the evening only but excluding students attending evening institutes. † Provisional. and construction of new schools, and contains general advice about fire precautions and security in existing schools. Responsibility for security and fire precautions in their schools, and decisions about improvement, rest with local education authorities.