§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will place in theOfficial Report figures to show (a) by standard region and (b) by local educationl authority (i) the numbers and percentage of 16-year-olds in full-time education, (ii) the numbers and percentage of 18-year-olds in full-time education, (iii) the numbers and percentage of 16-year-olds on approved training schemes and (iv) the numbers and percentage of 18-year-olds on approved training schemes for each of the last available five years.
Mr. JacksonI refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to the hon. Member for Blackburn (Mr. Straw) on 28 November at column83
Information on training schemes is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment.