§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many 19-year-olds there are without a basic qualification, broken down by region, expressed as(a) a percentage and (b) total number, ranked in descending order according to percentages for the latest date for which figures are available. [30592]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe information readily available has been derived from the Labour Force Survey and is given in the table.
Estimates of the numbers and proportions of 19-year-olds1with no qualifications by region, 2000–01, United Kingdom Population aged 19 (Thousand) Numbers with no qualifications (Thousand) Proportion with no qualifications2(Percentage) United Kingdom 726 61 8 Home countries Northern Ireland 23 2 9 Wales 43 4 9 England 605 49 8 Scotland 54 4 7 Government office regions East Midlands 55 6 10 West Midlands 61 6 10 East 63 6 9 Yorkshire and the Humber 61 5 8 London 93 7 7 North West 74 5 7 South East 101 7 7 North East 38 2 6 South West 59 3 6 Notes:
1. Due to small sample sizes, the proportion of 19 to 21-year-olds with no qualifications have been used as a proxy for 19-year-olds without qualifications.
406W2. Estimates of the proportion with no qualifications are subject to sampling error. Figures are accurate to:
±1 percentage point for UK and England estimates (eg estimate for England lies between 7 per cent. and 9 per cent.),
± 2 percentage points for Yorkshire, London, North West, South East, South West and Scotland estimates,
± 3 percentage points for East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, North East and Wales estimates, and
± 4 percentage points for the Northern Ireland estimate (eg the proportion lies between 5 per cent. and 13 per cent.)
Source:
DfES estimates from the Labour Force Survey, averaged data—winter 2000–01 to autumn 2001