§ 81. Mr. GrocottTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of school leavers went directly into full-time employment(a) in 1979 and (b) in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Lee30 per cent. of those young people aged 16 on 1 September 1984, who had left school between September 1984 and February 1986, went directly into full-time employment, according to results of the England and Wales youth cohort survey. This information is not available for earlier years.