Vocational Qualifications

HC Deb 12 May 2004 vol 421 c430W

Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many 14 and 15-year-olds were studying for vocational qualifications in each year since 2001. [171244]

Alan Johnson

Since 2001, the numbers of 15-year-olds entered for General National Vocational Qualifications, either Part One or Full, were as follows:

	Number
2001	22,413
2002	64,494
2003	123,600

Data on the numbers studying vocational qualifications is not available.