HC Deb 14 February 2000 vol 344 c399W
Mr. Breed

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of the population in (a) rural and (b) urban areas have at least two A-levels at grade E or above. [109753]

Mr. Wicks

Information from the Labour Force Survey indicates that, in 1998, 38.6 per cent. of economically active working age adults in urban areas in England had at least two A-levels at grades E or the equivalent, compared with 40.6 per cent. of economically active working age adults in rural areas.

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