§ John MannTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the staying-on rate in post-16 education in coalfield areas was, in each year since 1997, and how this compares with the national average. [82250]
§ Margaret HodgeData on the percentage of students continuing in post-compulsory education at age 16 for coalfield areas cannot be produced reliably at present. Participation rates by LEA and by local LSC area for 16 and 17-year-olds are published in Statistical Bulletin 14/01, "Participation in education and training by young people aged 16 and 17 in each local area and region, England, 1995/96 to 1999/00".
National participation rates are published annually in a Statistical First Release (SFR), the latest being issue 16/02, "Participation in Education, Training and Employment by 16–18 Year Olds in England: 2000 and 2001."
The percentage of 16-year-olds participating in full-time and part-time education in England since 1997 is as follows:
End of calendar year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 (provisional) Full-time education 69.4 69.8 71.3 71.4 71.2 Part-time education 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.5 7.3 Source:
SFR 16/02