§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of 18 year olds leaving(a) secondary school and (b) further education entered (i) full-time education, (ii) part-time education, (iii) unemployment, (iv) job related training and (v) employment without a training or study element in (1) the West Midlands and (2) Staffordshire in each of the last five years. [46306]
§ Dr. Howells[holding answer 22 June 1998]: Data on destinations of pupils leaving school are not available and on students leaving further education are incomplete. Information on participation in education, training and employment of the 18 year old population in England is shown in the following table. It is not possible to indicate how many of these had previously been in further education, post 16 schooling or other routes. Participation of the 18 year old population by local areas could be provided only at disproportionate cost.