HL Deb 04 March 1987 vol 485 cc712-3WA
Lord Blease

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What percentage of young people in Northern Ireland aged 16-plus years have remained in full-time education in each of the last five years.

Lord Lyell

Staying-on rates for 16 (over school-leaving age) 17 and 18 year-olds in schools for the latest available years are as follows:—

1981/82 1982/83 1983/84 1984/85 1985/86
16 year-olds (over school leaving age) 41.5 41.2 41.4 42.1 40.7
17 year-olds 28.4 29.4 29.3 28.3 29.3
18 year-olds 12.3 13.3 13.6 13.9 14.0

Comparable figures for students in Colleges of Further Education are not available.