§ Mr. Corbynasked the Paymaster General how many school leavers in Islington, North for the end of the academic year 1985–86 (a) have jobs, (b) are on training schemes and (c) are in full-time further education; and what are the equivalent figures for 1983, 1984 and 1985.
§ Mr. TrippierAvailable information from the Inner London education authority careers service relating to school leavers aged 16–19 for the academic years 1983–86 is set out in the table:782W
1983 1984 1985 19861 Number eligible to leave school 2,028 1,971 1,679 1,225 Number remaining in full-time education2 934 765 731 543 Number going into jobs 297 321 328 205 Number going into employment and training measures3 114 64 53 64 1 The 1986 figures do not include the Highbury Fields School 6th form. 2 Includes those remaining at school and those going into Further and Higher Education. 3 1983 figures include placings into the youth opportunities programme. Thereafter the majority of placings were into YTS with a small number into community industry. Notes:
The information was collected at different dates in each year so it is not directly comparable.
Young people placed into YTS may enter either as trainees or employees.