§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of those aged 18 to 21 years have achieved NVQ level 2 or its equivalent; and what are the equivalent figures for(a) Germany and (b) Japan. [10165]
§ Mr. PaiceThe latest estimate for the proportion of 18 to 21-year-olds in the United Kingdom who have achieved at least national vocational qualification level 2 or equivalent is 63 per cent. This figure is taken from the summer 1995 labour force survey.
Comparable information for Germany and Japan is not available.
GCSE average point scores by each twentieth of the 15-year-olds 1994–95 provisional figures Cumulative totals All schools1 Grant maintained Independent Average GCSE points Number 15-year-olds Total point score Average GCSE points Number 15-year-olds Total point score Average GCSE points Number 15-year-olds Total point score 0.000 28,910 0 0.218 4,775 1,042 0.000 2,374 0 0.413 57,819 23,892 3.751 9,550 35,821 1.150 4,749 5463 2.641 86,729 229,072 7.301 14,325 104,589 6.321 7,123 45,021 5.249 115,639 607,042 10.352 19,100 197,731 12.915 9,497 122,650 7.793 144,549 1,126,428 13.001 23,875 310,409 18.283 11,871 217,043 10.177 173,458 1,765,351 15.361 28,649 440,079 22.581 14,246 321,682 12.394 202,368 2508125 17.494 33,424 584,714 26.088 16,620 433,584 14.475 231,278 3,347,636 19.448 38,199 742,899 29.053 18,994 551,824 16.438 260,187 4,277,067 21.282 42,974 914,568 31.599 21,368 675,199 18.306 289.097 [...]5,[...] 23.008 47,749 1,098,614 33.828 23,743 803,187 20.096 318,007 [...]6,[...] 24.650 52524 1,294,723 35.804 26,117 935,103