HC Deb 21 January 1991 vol 184 cc22-3W
Mr. Denzil Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science in the latest available year how many 16 to 18-year-olds in England participated in full-time education and training.

Mr. Eggar

The number of 16, 17 and 18-year-olds, including overseas students, at annual census dates between November 1989 and January 1990, participating in full-time education or YTS in England was 1,040,000.