§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people attended and left the technical and vocational education initiative in each year of its operation, including those who left before the completion of the scheme. [27453]
§ Mr. PaiceThe technical and vocational education initiative is a national programme through which local education authorities introduce a range of measures in schools and colleges to help prepare young people aged 14 to 19 for working life. It is institutions, rather than individuals, which take part in the initiative; students do not "attend" or "leave" the programme. However, it is446W possible to estimate the number of students directly affected by TVEI funding.
Figures are shown in the following table:
Academic year Number of students (thousands) 1983–84 4 1984–85 19 1985–86 38 1986–87 62 1987–88 117 1988–89 335 1989–90 592 1990–91 895 1991–92 1,053 1992–93 1,278 1993–94 1,281 1994–95 1,007
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the numbers leaving the technical and vocational education initiative as an actual number and as a percentage of total leavers for each year of its operation, including those who left before completion of the scheme; if he will indicate those who went into work, those who went into further employment schemes and those who became unemployed; and, of these, if he will list the type and level of qualification each leaver obtained, including those who failed to obtain any qualification at all. [27527]
§ Mr. PaiceThe technical and vocational education initiative is a national programme through which local education authorities introduce a range of measures in schools and colleges to help prepare young people aged 14 to 19 for working life. It is institutions, rather than individuals, which take part in the initiative, therefore information is not available in the form requested.