§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many year 12 pupils are expected to be in full-time education in(a) September 2002 and (b) January 2003; and how many were in full-time education in (i) September 2001 and (ii) January 2002. [73708]
§ Mr. MilibandFigures on participation in education are compiled using information available around the end of the calendar year, and that information relates to pupils by their age at the start of the academic year.
Provisional figures collected around the end of 2001 showed that there were 218,000 pupils aged 16 in schools and 232,000 in further education in England.
Projections indicate that there will be approximately 221,000 16 year olds in schools and 239,000 in further education around the end of 2002.