HC Deb 01 March 1996 vol 272 c761W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people aged 16 to 24 years in(a) Coventry and (b) the west midlands have no formal qualification. [17200]

Mr. Paice

Estimates from the summer 1995 labour force survey show that 21 per cent, of people aged 16 to 24 years in the west midlands metropolitan area reported that they had no formal qualifications. Data for Coventry are not available.