§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the post-16 staying on rate was in each region and nation of the UK in(a) 1992, (b) 1997 and (c) 2002. [98449]
§ Mr. Miliband[holding answer 24 February 2003]: The table gives the percentage of 16-year-olds participating in post-compulsory education in each region and nation of the UK in 1992–93,1997–98 and 2000–01, the latest year for which figures are available.
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Percentages1 16-year-olds participating in post-compulsory education2—time series Region of Study 1992–933 1997–98 2000–014 United Kingdom 78 77 78 North East 70 68 74 North West 75 74 74 Yorkshire and the Humber 74 74 76 East Midlands 75 74 75 West Midlands 76 75 76 East 80 79 80 London 80 79 81 South East 83 80 78 South West 82 79 79 England 78 76 77 Wales 75 75 79 Scotland5 77 92 90 Northern Ireland6 88 73 76 Notes: 1 As a percentage of the 16-year-old population. 2 At school or in further education. Includes a small element of students in higher education institutions. 3 Excludes evening only students. There is a slight discontinuity with data shown for later years due to the use of different data sources in England and Wales. 4 Data for Scotland refer to 1999–2000. 5 The estimates of 16-year-olds at school exclude those pupils who leave school in the winter term at the minimum statutory school-leaving age. 6 Figures for 1997–98 and 2000–01 exclude students in part-time further education (17.8 per cent. and 15.1 per cent. respectively), which should not be aggregated with full-time further education or schools activity due to the unquantifiable overlap of these activities. Source:
Department for Education and Skills; National Assembly for Wales; Scottish Executive; Northern Ireland Department of Education.