§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many and what percentage of all 17-year-olds were, in January 1980 (a) in full-time education in schools, (b) in full-time non-advanced further education, (c) in part-time day non-advanced further education, (d) in advanced education, (e)in employment and not receiving part-time day non-advanced education, (f) registered unemployed and (g) on youth opportunities programme courses;
16 number 17 number 18 number 16–18* number thousands per cent. thousands per cent. thousands per cent. thousands per cent. Population 814 100 800 100 779 100 2,393 100 Full-time education in school 226 28 143 18 14 2 383 16 Full-time non-advanced further education 114 14 71 9 34 4 219 9 Part-time day non-advanced further education † 100 12 125 16 101 13 326 14 Advanced education‡ 0 0 2 0 70 9 73 3 Registered unemployed 50 6 51 6 57 7 157 7 Employed without part-time day education* * 324 40 409 51 503 64 1,235 52 * Those who at 31 August 1979 had attained the age of 16, but had yet reached their 19th birthday. † Mainly day release but includes those not on day release. ‡ Includes university education. ** Includes 70,000 YOPS students for whom no age detail is available.