HC Deb 02 February 2004 vol 417 cc659-60W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the percentage of the population of London who have National Vocational Qualifications at level(a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3. [151071]

Public absence in maintained primary and secondary schools in England, 1997/98 and 2002/03
Academic year 1997/98
Authorised absence Unauthorised absence
Number of pupils that missed a session Average number sessions missed Number of pupils that missed a session Average number sessions missed Attendance rate(%)
Barking and Dagenham 21,291 24 6,665 16 91.3
Barnet 35,677 21 5,409 14 93.1
Barnsley 27,900 23 7,372 15 91.5
Bath and North East Somerset 20,039 19 2,273 11 93.8
Bedfordshire 47,755 20 5,261 11 93.4
Bexley 30,184 22 3,597 11 92.6
Birmingham 141,422 25 35,831 15 90.9
Blackburn with Darwen 21,215 24 4,482 15 91.6
Blackpool 17,197 24 3,867 16 91.5
Bolton 36,805 22 5,356 21 92.5
Bournemouth 17,773 22 4,090 11 91.9
Bracknell Forest 11,839 18 1,490 9 94.1
Bradford 66,183 22 21,422 17 91.6
Brent 24,425 21 4,963 13 92.9
Brighton and Hove 22,624 22 4,711 13 92.1
Bristol, City of 40,468 23 10,219 15 91.3
Bromley 35,062 20 5,136 11 93.3
Buckinghamshire 56,038 19 4,807 11 94.1
Bury 22,806 21 3,036 13 93.4
Calderdale 27,386 22 3,653 13 92.9
Cambridgeshire 59,249 20 9,576 11 93.4
Camden 16,357 25 4,609 17 91.1
Cheshire 82,786 19 10,479 13 93.9
Cornwall 60,822 21 8,016 9 92.9
Coventry 40,387 24 6,167 16 91.9

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The percentages of the working age1 population in London who have National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) at level 1, 2 or 3 are presented in table 1 as follows: 1Working age is defined as males aged 16–64 and females aged 16–59

Table 1: Highest level of NVQ held by people of working age, London and England, autumn 2003
England London
Level Thousand Percentage Thousand Percentage
Level 1 438 1.4 53 1.1
Level 2 1,274 4.1 117 2.4
Level 3 973 3.1 67 1.3
Level 4 181 0.6 18 0.4
Level 5 45 0.1 1— 1—
Level unknown 389 1.2 36 0.7
Total 3,301 10.5 294 5.9
Working age population 31,296 4,971
1Sample size too small for reliable estimate.

Source:

Labour Force Survey, Autumn 2003.