§ Mrs. Ann Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what types of occupation provide the highest proportion of young people on day-release courses.
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§ Mr. MacfarlaneInformation on the occupations of young people released from work for further education study is not available. However, in November 1978 the 269,000 students aged between 16 and 19* who were undergoing day release in England and Wales were distributed among the standard industrial groups as follows:
per cent Agriculture, Forestry, fishing 3.2 Mining and quarrying 1.9 Food, drink and tobacco 1.7 Coal and petroleum products 0.3 Chemicals and allied industries 2.1 Metal manufacture 3.9 Mechanical engineering 12.7 Instrument engineering 1.0 Electrical engineering 6.4 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 1.3 Vehicles 5.9 Metal goods 2.1 Textiles 0.7 Leather goods and furs 0.0 Clothing and footwear 0.4 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 0.7 Timber and furniture 1.8 Paper, printing and publishing 1.9 Other manufacturing industries 1.1 Construction 9.8 Gas, electricity and water 2.7 Transport and communications 3.5 Distributive trades 3.5 Insurance, banking and business services 3.3 Professional and scientific services 3.4 Miscellaneous services 15.3 Public administration and defence 9.2 (*) Those who are between their 16th and 19th birthdays.