HC Deb 12 May 2004 vol 421 cc429-30W
Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of those aged 16 to 18 years are(a) unemployed, (b) in training, (c) in work and (d) in full-time education, broken down by (i) ethnic group and (ii) gender. [171718]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

Provisional estimates of 16 to 18-year-olds participating in education, training and employment by gender for the latest academic year, end 2002, are shown in the table:

Participation in education, training and employment by labour market status and by gender for end 2002
Percentage Activity Females Males All
In full-time education 60 53 57
In training1 16 20 18
In work (excluding those education and training)2 14 16 15
ILO Unemployed3 4 7 6
Inactive4 5 3 4
Total5 100 100 100

1 'In training' includes those young people in work based learning (WBL), employer funded training (EFT) and other education and training (OET).

2 Some young people in education and training will also be in employment. However. these numbers have not been included in the 'In work' figures.

3 'ILO unemployed' covers anyone who is out of work and available to start work in the next two weeks, but has either looked for work in the last four weeks or is waiting to start a job they have already obtained.

4 'Inactive' includes those neither in employment nor ILO unemployed. that is—not active in the labour market.

5 The totals are calculated from unrounded figures and so may not be the sum of the individual cells.

Data for 16 to 18-year-olds participating in education, training and employment by ethnic group in England are not published by the Department.