HC Deb 07 February 2000 vol 344 c35W
Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of 19-year-olds had at least one level two qualification or equivalent at each autumn quarter in each of the last three years. [108357]

Mr. Wicks

The proportion of 19 to 21-year-olds in England with at least one level two qualification or equivalent, as measured by the Labour Force Survey, was 72.3 per cent. in 1997, 73.9 per cent. in 1998 and 74.9 per cent. in 1999.