HC Deb 01 April 2003 vol 402 cc620-1W
Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the estimated cohort size is of those attaining the compulsory school leaving age in each year from 1995 to 2010. [105305]

Mr. Miliband

The estimates for January of each academic year are as follows.

Academic year Thousand
1994–95 588.6
1995–96 606.6
1996–97 600.0
1997–98 577.6
1998–99 591.3
1999–2000 602.3
2000–01 628.5
2001–02 631.4
2002–03 639.3
2003–04 655.9
2004–05 648.0
2005–06 660.0
2006–07 665.5
2007–08 658.3
2008–09 635.6
2009–10 630.3