HC Deb 30 April 2002 vol 384 c642W
Mr. David

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of students in further education achieved the qualification for which they were studying in the last two years. [53060]

John Healey

Achievement rates for Further Education colleges in England are defined as the number of qualifications achieved as a proportion of the number of completed qualifications. The achievement rate in 1999–2000 was 73 per cent. of completed qualifications and the figure for 1998–99 was 71 per cent. Individual learners may be taking more than one qualification.