§ Mr. Gerald HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many pupils who left 179W school in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999 with no educational qualifications came from (i) intact and (ii) broken families. [120659]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe numbers of pupils in England with no educational qualifications, either by the end of their final year of compulsory schooling or when they left school, are shown in the table. Data on pupils' family background are not collected.
Numbers and proportion of pupils1 with no educational qualifications in England Total pupils1 (Thousand) Total with no qualifications (Thousand) Proportion with no qualification (Percentage) 1970 614.2 275.9 45 1980 750.7 91.4 12 1999 581.0 35.0 6 1 The figures for 1970 and 1980 are based on the numbers of school leavers of any age and the numbers of those leavers that had no qualifications. The figures for 1999 are based on pupils in their final year of compulsory schooling, whether they left school or not.