§ Mr. Leightonasked the Paymaster General what percentage of TVEI students stay on for the full course after 16 years of age; how this compares with the overall rate of 16-year-olds staying on for full-time education; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. TrippierAbout 40 per cent. of students from the first cohort, from the first group of 14 TVEI projects stayed in full-time education, after 16, of whom about 60
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All In a full-time job In a part-time job Unemployed On another YTS scheme On a full time course Doing something else Not answered same employer different employer SOUTH EAST February 1986 64 20 45 3 25 4 1 2 .. March 1986 68 25 42 4 21 3 1 2 1 April 1986 68 20 49 4 21 2 1 2 1 LONDON February 1986 60 19 41 3 26 5 1 4 1 March 1986 60 23 37 3 23 8 1 3 1 April 1986 61 26 35 3 26 6 2 2 1 SOUTH WEST February 1986 59 17 42 4 28 4 1 4 1 March 1986 66 31 35 4 20 7 1 2 1 April 1986 60 20 41 5 27 5 1 2 .. WEST MIDLANDS February 1986 52 18 34 3 33 9 1 2 .. March 1986 54 25 28 3 29 10 1 2 1
§ Mr. LangAt 10 July 1986, the latest date for which information is available, the number of unemployed claimants in(a) City of Glasgow local authority district and (b) Glasgow Central parliamentary constituency, by duration and the percentage that each category represents of the total number of unemployed claimants, are shown in the table. This information is available in the Library.
per cent. were designated TVEI courses. This compares with a figure of about 38 per cent. for non-TVEI students at the schools taking part in the project and of 46 per cent. for the year-group across the country as a whole. In both cases there were significant variations between individual local education authorities and between individual schools within local education authorities.