§ Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 12 May 2004,Official Report. column 428W, on statistics, if he will list the percentage of those aged 16 to 18 years participating in education, training and employment by (a)labour market status and (b)gender for the last five years. [174758]
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§ Mr. Ivan LewisEstimates of 16 to 18 year olds participating in education and training by labour market status and by gender are shown in Table 1 and Table 2 for the latest two academic years, end 2001 and end 2002.
The figures in the tables are taken from the Statistical First Release (SFR) publication. SFR 31/2003, entitled 'Participation in Education, Training and Employment by 16–18 year olds in England: 2001 and 2002', which was produced using post-Census population estimates. Historic population estimates are not yet available on a comparable basis and therefore participation rates are only available for the last two years and these estimates cannot be compared with those in previous SFRs which used pre-Census population estimates and projections.
Participation in education and training by labour market status and by gender for end 2001 and end 2002 (provisional) Table 1: End 2001
Percentage Activity Females Males All In full-time education 59 53 56 In training1 17 21 19 In work (excluding those education and training)2 15 16 15 ILO Unemployed3 4 7 6 Inactive4 5 2 4 Total5 100 100 100
Table 2: End 2002 (provisional) Percentage Activity Females Males All In full-time education 60 53 57 In training1 16 20 18 In work (excluding those education and training)2 14 16 15 ILO Unemployed3 4 7 6 Inactive4 5 3 4 Total5 100 100 100 1In training' includes those young people in work based learning (WBL), employer funded training (EFT) and other education and training (OET). 2Some young people in education and training will also be in employment. However, these numbers have not been included in the 'In work' figures. 3MLO unemployed 1 covers anyone who is out of work and available to start work in the next two weeks, but has either looked for work in the last four weeks or is waiting to start a job they have already obtained. 4'Inactive' includes those neither in employment nor ILO unemployed, that is–not active in the labour market. 5The totals are calculated from unrounded figures and so may not be the sum of the individual cells.