§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students aged between 16 and 19 years of age entered full-time courses of non-advanced further education in England and Wales as a proportion of all 16 year-olds in each academic year from 1979–80 to 1986–87.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe figures as a percentage of all 16 to 18-year-olds are as follows. It would not be meaningful to express this as a percentage of 16-year-olds only. Figures for Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Students in full-time non advanced further education England November Percentage of all 16–18's1 1979 9.2 1980 9.7 1981 11.1 1982 12.4 1983 11.8 1984 11.8 1985 12.2 21986 12.3 1 Those aged 16, 17 and 18 as at the previous 31st August. 2 Provisional.