§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 9 March,Official Report, column 522, if he will break down the figures for employment, including other, of school leavers into (a) unemployment, (b) employment and (c) training schemes.
§ Mr. BoswellThe table gives an estimated breakdown of the figures of school leavers for "employment, including other" into their involvement in employment, training schemes and other. The Department does not collect data on school leavers who become unemployed.
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1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 TOTAL 47.99 44.69 44.32 47.23 46.80 47.40 44.38 44.37 44.37 35.66 31.73 24.44 West Midlands Employment 60.40 52.80 53.04 54.15 53.23 52.08 51.50 48.98 42.28 19.51 20.98 14.33 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 14.58 10.62 9.80 Other 6.84 9.18 9.43 11.06 11.65 10.75 10.45 12.56 12.33 17.35 13.30 14.38 TOTAL 67.23 61.98 62.47 65.21 64.88 62.83 61.95 61.54 54.60 51.44 44.90 38.51 East Anglia Employment 19.37 18.35 18.27 18.71 17.97 17.79 17.95 16.74 15.85 9.67 8.93 5.74 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 3.16 1.91 1.42 Other 2.07 2.07 2.66 2.54 2.95 3.34 3.18 4.08 3.67 5.86 5.80 5.59 TOTAL 21.44 20.42 20.93 21.24 20.92 21.13 21.13 20.83 19.53 18.68 16.64 12.76 Greater London Employment 67.45 57.91 57.74 56.50 52.24 48.45 44.66 42.14 35.57 24.08 22.13 16.22 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 1.98 1.70 1.39 Other 11.82 14.03 14.37 16.16 16.31 16.54 15.62 15.62 14.95 18.02 17.33 16.43 TOTAL 79.27 71.94 72.11 72.66 68.55 64.98 60.28 57.76 50.53 44.07 41.16 34.04 Other South East Employment 108.09 96.62 96.19 100.66 95.74 90.07 88.53 88.29 77.21 50.11 47.98 33.69 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 8.52 4.74 3.42 Other 13.44 13.88 16.74 16.38 17.61 19.32 17.83 18.52 17.38 28.13 24.22 22.37 TOTAL 121.53 110.50 112.94 117.04 113.35 109.39 106.35 106.81 94.59 86.76 76.94 59.49 South West Employment 44.39 39.16 40.51 40.62 39.21 39.27 39.27 37.60 34.24 17.92 16.66 10.93 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 9.08 5.42 3.80 Other 4.54 5.76 5.70 7.50 7.53 6.49 6.49 6.91 6.82 11.35 10.24 10.73 TOTAL 48.93 44.92 46.21 48.12 46.74 45.76 45.76 44.51 41.06 38.35 32.32 25.45 Total England Employment 517.61 463.75 459.27 469.21 446.85 432.13 418.11 409.58 354.64 180.62 185.27 135.41 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 87.61 60.54 50.23 Other 64.78 72.23 80.33 87.19 95.27 95.40 92.61 97.34 96.44 141.28 116.79 110.75 TOTAL 582.38 535.98 539.59 556.40 542.12 527.53 510.72 506.92 451.09 409.52 362.61 296.39 Notes:
(1) Data on training schemes was not collected separately until 1988–89. Prior to this figures were included in "Employment" category.
(2) Prior to 1989–90, employment included those intending to take up full-time education at a later date. From 1989–90 onwards these are included in "Other" category.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish a table showing the destination of 16-year-old school leavers by region for each year since 1980 specifying the numbers and percentages going into(a) employment, (b) unemployment, (c) training schemes, (d) full-time education, (e) part-time education and (f) other.
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Intended destinations of school leavers aged 15 as at 31 August 1980 to 1991 England Thousands 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Northern Full-time education 2.96 4.34 4.93 3.98 3.97 4.53 4.65 5.23 4.90 5.36 5.71 6.17 Employment 34.48 30.42 29.50 30.36 28.39 27.29 26.52 25.78 21.88 4.46 6.03 5.80 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 10.80 9.09 8.40 Other 3.53 4.12 3.56 3.62 4.65 4.73 4.50 5.14 5.73 7.89 6.20 5.29 TOTAL 40.97 38.87 38.00 37.96 37.01 36.55 35.66 36.15 32.50 28.51 27.03 25.66 Yorkshire and Humberside Full-time education 6.13 8.21 9.10 8.61 7.79 8.29 8.62 8.42 8.97 10.36 9.37 11.59 Employment 51.01 45.76 43.53 43.71 43.35 41.81 40.68 41.33 34.31 11.26 13.01 9.63 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 13.26 8.63 7.25 Other 4.00 4.27 4.82 5.82 6.68 7.39 8.10 8.00 9.09 12.91 8.78 7.93
§ Mr. BoswellThe tables give the available estimates of the intended destinations and percentages of 16-Year-old school leavers by region in England since 1980. The Department does not collect data on school leavers who become unemployed or those intending to study part-time.
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1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 TOTAL 61.15 58.24 57.45 58.14 57.82 57.49 57.41 57.74 52.37 47.78 39.79 36.39 North West Full-time education 11.62 13.84 14.48 14.62 15.42 15.74 15.20 16.88 14.75 15.68 14.56 16.67 Employment 65.47 58.51 53.68 53.42 51.27 50.54 49.05 48.57 40.41 14.41 16.55 14.73 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 14.40 10.98 8.77 Other 7.88 9.28 11.29 11.30 12.01 11.36 12.05 11.29 11.84 15.03 10.64 8.89 TOTAL 84.96 81.63 79.45 79.35 78.70 77.64 76.29 76.74 66.49 59.51 52.73 49.05 East Midlands Full-time education 7.40 8.44 9.42 8.68 8.25 8.94 8.72 9.02 8.64 8.14 8.64 10.64 Employment 35.77 33.42 31.56 32.93 31.65 30.81 29.79 29.71 25.71 9.01 11.09 7.14 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 9.18 5.84 4.44 Other 4.89 4.64 4.58 4.85 5.92 6.78 5.90 6.64 5.86 8.62 6.95 5.52 TOTAL 48.07 46.50 45.56 46.47 45.83 46.52 44.41 45.36 40.21 34.95 32.52 27.73 West Midlands Full-time education 9.81 13.05 14.16 13.88 13.08 13.04 12.52 13.41 13.01 12.89 11.94 14.35 Employment 51.25 44.25 43.21 43.87 43.21 42.92 42.55 39.54 34.84 13.13 14.74 9.67 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 13.76 10.24 9.41 Other 5.19 7.14 7.02 7.81 8.97 8.00 7.90 9.72 9.19 12.37 9.71 9.60 TOTAL 66.26 64.43 64.39 65.56 65.26 63.95 62.97 62.67 57.04 52.15 46.63 43.02 East Anglia Full-time education 3.42 4.65 4.46 4.17 4.68 4.55 4.27 4.87 5.33 4.85 3.75 4.77 Employment 16.04 15.19 14.67 14.49 13.84 13.98 13.99 12.84 12.28 6.43 6.45 3.59 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 3.11 1.82 1.37 Other 1.54 1.44 1.84 1.62 2.20 2.50 2.22 3.22 2.68 4.11 3.61 3.24 TOTAL 21.00 21.28 20.96 20.28 20.72 21.02 20.48 20.94 20.29 18.49 15.63 12.98 Greater London Full-time education 6.72 8.54 9.52 9.91 10.38 10.35 11.64 11.84 11.79 11.33 10.91 12.02 Employment 46.65 39.16 36.05 35.30 33.10 30.60 28.58 27.86 22.53 14.40 13.82 10.02 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 1.71 1.46 1.19 Other 7.72 8.97 9.69 10.15 10.51 11.16 10.26 10.39 9.57 11.22 10.22 9.04 TOTAL 61.09 56.67 55.25 55.35 53.98 52.11 50.48 50.08 43.89 38.67 36.42 32.26 Other South East Full-time education 17.93 22.34 22.91 24.17 23.78 24.66 24.67 24.95 23.88 25.75 22.36 26.83 Employment 79.81 70.82 66.35 68.33 65.97 62.77 60.77 61.32 51.86 30.63 30.84 20.08 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 7.81 4.33 3.08 Other 8.65 8.80 10.66 10.92 12.30 13.44 12.43 13.03 12.82 18.35 13.64 11.34 TOTAL 106.39 101.97 99.92 103.42 102.04 100.87 97.87 99.30 88.56 82.54 71.17 61.33 South West Full-time education 10.42 12.50 13.30 12.15 12.47 12.90 13.36 13.23 13.23 12.38 13.46 14.95 Employment 35.46 31.18 31.07 30.39 30.01 30.37 28.64 28.99 26.92 11.60 11.66 6.90 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 8.68 5.23 3.56 Other 3.27 4.11 3.78 5.44 5.69 4.81 5.04 5.11 5.12 7.50 6.41 5.75 TOTAL 49.15 47.79 48.15 47.98 48.17 48.09 47.04 47.33 45.27 40.16 36.77 31.15 Total England Full-time education 76.42 95.91 102.27 100.18 99.81 103.00 103.66 107.85 104.48 106.73 100.70 117.97 Employment 415.95 368.71 349.64 352.79 340.80 331.10 320.57 315.93 270.74 115.33 124.19 87.55 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 82.69 57.63 47.47 Other 46.68 52.76 57.23 61.53 68.91 70.16 68.40 72.54 71.91 98.00 76.17 66.58 TOTAL 539.05 517.38 509.14 514.51 509.52 504.25 492.63 496.31 447.13 402.76 358.69 319.57 Notes:
(1) Data on training schemes was not collected separately until 1988–89. Prior to this figures were included in "employment" category.
(2) Prior to 1989–90, employment included. those intending to take up full-time education at a later date. From 1989–90 onwards these are included in "other" category.
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Intended destinations of school leavers aged 15 as at 31 August 1980 to 1991 England Percentages 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Northern Full-time education 7.2 11.2 13.0 10.5 10.7 12.4 13.0 14.5 15.1 18.8 21.1 24.0 Employment 84.2 78.3 77.6 80.0 76.7 74.7 74.4 71.3 67.3 15.6 22.3 22.6 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 37.9 33.6 32.7 Other 8.6 10.6 9.4 9.5 12.6 12.9 12.6 14.2 17.6 27.7 22.9 20.6 TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Yorkshire and Humberside Full-time education 10.0 14.1 15.8 14.8 13.5 14.4 15.0 14.6 17.1 21.7 23.6 31.8 Employment 83.4 78.6 75.8 75.2 75.0 72.7 70.9 71.6 65.5 23.6 32.7 26.5 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 27.7 21.7 19.9 Other 6.5 7.3 8.4 10.0 11.6 12.8 14.1 13.9 17.3 27.0 22.1 21.8 TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 North West Full-time education 13.7 17.0 18.2 18.4 19.6 20.3 19.9 22.0 22.0 26.3 27.6 34.0 Employment 77.1 71.7 67.6 67.3 65.1 65.1 64.3 63.3 60.3 24.2 31.4 30.0 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 24.2 20.8 17.9 Other 9.3 11.4 14.2 14.2 15.3 14.6 15.8 14.7 17.7 25.3 20.2 18.1 TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 East Midlands Full-time education 15.4 18.2 20.7 18.7 18.0 19.2 19.6 19.9 21.5 23.3 26.6 38.4 Employment 74.4 71.9 69.3 70.9 69.1 66.2 67.1 65.5 63.9 25.8 34.1 25.7 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 26.3 18.0 16.0 Other 10.2 10.0 10.0 10.4 12.9 14.6 13.3 14.6 14.6 24.7 21.4 19.9 TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 West Midlands Full-time education 14.8 20.2 22.0 21.2 20.0 20.4 19.9 21.4 22.8 24.7 25.6 33.3 Employment 77.4 68.7 67.1 66.9 66.2 67.1 67.6 63.1 61.1 25.2 31.6 22.5 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 26.4 22.0 21.9 Other 7.8 11.1 10.9 11.9 13.7 12.5 12.5 15.5 16.1 23.7 20.8 22.3 TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 East Anglia Full-time education 16.3 21.9 21.3 20.6 22.6 21.6 20.9 23.3 26.3 26.2 24.0 36.8 Employment 76.4 71.4 70.0 71.5 66.8 66.5 68.3 61.3 60.5 34.8 41.2 27.7 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 16.8 11.6 10.6 Other 7.3 6.7 8.8 8.0 10.6 11.9 10.8 15.4 13.2 22.2 23.1 25.0 TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Greater London Full-time education 11.0 15.1 17.2 17.9 19.2 19.9 23.1 23.6 26.9 29.3 29.9 37.2 Employment 76.4 69.1 65.2 63.8 61.3 58.7 56.6 55.6 51.3 37.2 38.0 31.1 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 4.4 4.0 3.7 Other 12.6 15.8 17.5 18.3 19.5 21.4 20.3 20.7 21.8 29.0 28.1 28.0 TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Other South East Full-time education 16.9 21.9 22.9 23.4 23.3 24.4 25.2 25.1 27.0 31.2 31.4 43.7 Employment 75.0 69.5 66.4 66.1 64.6 62.2 62.1 61.7 58.6 37.1 43.3 32.7 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 9.5 6.1 5.0 Other 8.1 8.6 10.7 10.6 12.0 13.3 12.7 13.1 14.5 22.2 19.2 18.5 TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 South West Full-time education 21.2 26.2 27.6 25.3 25.9 26.8 28.4 28.0 29.2 30.8 36.6 48.0 Employment 72.1 65.2 64.5 63.3 62.3 63.2 60.9 61.2 59.5 28.9 31.7 22.1 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 21.6 14.2 11.4 Other 6.7 8.6 7.8 11.3 11.8 10.0 10.7 10.8 11.3 18.7 17.4 18.5 TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Total England Full-time education 14.2 18.5 20.1 19.5 19.6 20.4 21.0 21.7 23.4 26.5 28.1 36.9
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Employment 77.2 71.3 68.7 68.6 66.9 65.7 65.1 63.7 60.5 28.6 34.6 27.4 Training schemes — — — — — — — — — 20.5 16.1 14.9 Other 8.7 10.2 11.2 12.0 13.5 13.9 13.9 14.6 16.1 24.3 21.2 20.8 TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Notes:
(1) Data on training schemes was not collected separately until 1988–89. Prior to this figures were included in "Employment" category.
(2) Prior to 1989–90, employment included those intending to take up full-time education at a later date. From 1989–90 onwards these are included in "other" category.