HL Deb 01 June 1992 vol 537 cc49-51WA
Earl Russell

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many people in the United Kingdom are at present aged 16 or 17, and of these, how many are:

  1. (a) in full-time education
  2. (b) in full-time employment
  3. (c) in a Youth Training scheme
  4. (d) in receipt of a Bridging Allowance
  5. (e) in receipt of Income Support.

Viscount Ullswater

This information is not available in the form requested. The latest available figures for Great Britain are:

Total number of 16 and 17-year-olds: 1,380,000 (Mid-1991)1

  1. (a) In full-time education: 710,000 (January 1991)2
  2. (b) in full-time employment other than Youth Training: 200,000 (Spring 1991)3
  3. (c) 16 to 18-year-olds on Youth Training schemes: 300,000 (March 1992)4. Figures for 16 and 17-year-olds on Youth Training schemes are not collected separately for Great Britain. However, a very large majority of young people on Youth Training are 16 and 17 years old.
  4. (d) In receipt of a Bridging Allowance: 13,840 (April 1992)5
  5. (e) In receipt of Income Support: 21,000 (May 1990)6

Information on 16 and 17-year-olds in Northern Ireland is as follows:

Total number of 16 and 17-year-olds: 51,000 (Mid-1991)7

  1. (a) In full-time education: 27,444 (January 1991)8
  2. (b) In full-time employment other than Youth Training Programme: Fewer than 10,000 (Spring 1991)9
  3. (c) On Youth Training Programme: 14,114 (April 1992)10
  4. (d) Receiving Bridging Allowance: 168 (April 1992)11
  5. (e) Receiving Income Support: Fewer than 1,000 (May 1990)12

Because these estimates come from different sources, relate to different dates and have different coverage, they should not be added up. Information on a consistent basis for Great Britain is published in the Employment Gazette, December 1991, pp 665–668.

  1. 1. Government Actuary's Department, 1989-based projection of the whole population of 16 and 17 year-olds at mid-1991.
  2. 2. Department of Education and Science; The Scottish Office Education Department; Welsh Office Education Department, all rounded to the nearest 10,000.
  3. 3. Labour Force Survey, Spring 1991, rounded to the nearest 10,000.
  4. 4. Employment Department, estimated figure.
  5. 5. Employment Department.
  6. 6. Department of Social Security, Income Support Statistics: Annual Inquiry May 1990.
  7. 7. Government Actuary's Department, 1989-based projection of the whole population of 16 and 17-year-olds at mid-1991.
  8. 8. Department of Education, Northern Ireland.
  9. 9. Northern Ireland Labour Force Survey, Spring 1990, rounded to the nearest 10,000.
  10. 10. Department of Economic Development, Northern Ireland.
  11. 11. Department of Economic Development, Northern Ireland.
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  12. 12. Department of Social Security, Income Support Statistics: Annual Enquiry May 1990.