HC Deb 24 June 1997 vol 296 c447W
Mr. Öpik

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is his estimate of the number of 16 and 17-year-olds who are currently not in full-time education, in work or on a training place; and if he will make a statement. [4855]

Dr. Howells

In winter 1996–97 there were 142,000 16 and 17-year-olds not in full-time education, in employment, or in Government Training in the UK, according to the Labour Force Survey.