HC Deb 24 January 2000 vol 343 cc30-1W
Mr. Maclean

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment for each year between 1990 and the latest year for which figures are available, what were the number of(a) 16-year-olds and (b) 17-year-olds in full-time education as a percentage of the age group, in total and broken down by gender. [106405]

Mr. Wicks

The information requested is contained in the following table:

The numbers of 16 and 17-year-olds in full-time education as a percentage of age group and by gender, England, end 1990 to end 1998
Percentage of age group
Males Females Males and Females
16-year-olds
End 1990 55.1 63.8 59.5
End 1991 62.7 70.7 66.6
End 1992 66.5 73.7 70.0
End 1993 69.7 75.7 72.6
End 19941 (a) 68.6 74.7 71.5
End 19941 (b) 68.6 73.5 71.0
End 1995 67.3 73.6 70.4
End 1996 66.6 73.0 69.7
End 1997 66.1 72.6 69.3
End 1998 (prov.) 67.0 74.2 70.5

The numbers of 16 and 17-year-olds in full-time education as a percentage of age group and by gender, England, end 1990 to end 1998
Percentage of age group
Males Females Males and Females
17-year-olds
End 1990 39.5 46.4 42.8
End 1991 45.1 52.7 48.8
End 1992 50.4 58.0 54.1
End 1993 54.0 61.3 57.5
End 19941 (a) 55.5 62.1 58.7
End 19941(b) 56.2 61.3 58.7
End 1995 55.5 61.5 58.4
End 1996 54.7 61.3 57.9
End 1997 54.1 60.6 57.2
End 1998 (prov.) 54.9 61.7 58.2
1 Figures are shown on two bases for end 1994 due to a discontinuity in the FE data sources. The rows for (a) are consistent with earlier years and for (b) with later years.

Source:

Statistical First Release 13/99: Participation in education and training by 16 to 18 year olds in England, 1988 to 1998