Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many school leavers since 1979 have been released from their current employment for part-time study.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneI have been asked to reply.
Information in the precise form requested is not available. Statistics of student enrolments as at November 1979 indicate that the numbers of young people released from work for study at further education institutions were:
- 89,700 aged 16
- 116,100 aged 17
- 101,100 aged 18
- 71,800 aged 19
Information for November 1980 will be available shortly.