HC Deb 18 November 1996 vol 285 cc417-8W
Mr, Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of 16 and 17-year-olds in England are in full-time education. [5031]

Mr. Paice

There were 70.7 per cent. of 16-year-olds and 59.3 per cent. of 17-year-olds in full-time education in England in 1995–96—provisional figures.