§ Mr. Beithasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will update the answer given to the hon. Member for Derby, North (Mr. Whitehead) concerning 16 to 19-year-olds on 30 April 1981, Official Report, c. 447 and 448.
§ Mr. William SheltonThe Department has published today DES Statistical Bulletin 2/83—"Educational and economic activity of young people aged 16–19 years in England and Wales from 1973–74 to 1981–82". This bulletin provides a time series and statistical commentary on the pattern of education and training for young people in the 16 to 19 age group by individual years. The information the hon. Member seeks is contained in table 3 of the bulletin, copies of which are in the Library.