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Vocational Education
Mr. Jim Cunningham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what strategy her Department is using to promote vocational education to those students not wishing to enter further academic study. [216243]
Mr. Ivan Lewis
[holding answer 21 February 2005]: Students wishing to follow a vocational pathway are currently able to gain access through a number of routes. These are available to all students. The Department's increased flexibility for 14 to 16-year-olds' programme creates and promotes enhanced vocational and work related learning opportunities. Our young apprenticeships programme also offers well motivated 14 to 16-year-olds the opportunity to pursue
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industry specific vocational programmes outside of school in partnership with employers. In September 2004 work related learning at Key Stage 4 became a statutory requirement. 8 GCSEs in vocational subjects were introduced in September 2002. Apprenticeships and advanced apprenticeships offer structured programmes of training in a wide range of occupations leading to a recognised qualification for learners of foundation degrees). We will shortly be publishing a White Paper which will set out our future plans for 14to19-year-olds.
Youth Education, Employment and Training
Mr. Hoban:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many young people aged between (a) 16 and 18, (b) 18 and 21 and (c) 21 and 25 years in each parliamentary constituency were not in education, employment or training in 2004. [216423]
Mr. Ivan Lewis
[holding answer 21 February 2005]: The percentage of 16 to 19-year-olds and 20 to 24-year-olds who were not in education, employment or training (NEET) are given for each local education authority (LEA) in the table.
These figures have been produced by combining information from the local Labour Force Survey for the last three years, to reduce the error margins around the NEET percentages. However, sample sizes are still very small due to the narrow age bands and small geographic area. The rates are volatile and care should be taken when interpreting the figures. An estimate of the confidence interval is provided, to aid with interpretation. Where fewer than 10 people who took part in the survey in a given LEA were NEET, the information has been suppressed as it would be potentially disclosive or particularly unreliable.
Figures are not available for the specified age groups, nor for parliamentary constituency, as sample sizes are too small for these narrow groups.
Percentage of age group not in employment, education or training (NEET)
| 16 to 19-year-olds
| 20 to 24-year-olds
|
|---|
Local
education
authorities | NEET (%) | Confidence interval | NEET (%) | Confidence interval
|
|---|
| City of London | (58)— | (58)— | (58)— | (58)—
|
| Camden | 15 | 6.3 | 14 | 4.6
|
| Greenwich | 18 | 5.9 | 21 | 6.0
|
| Hackney | 17 | 6.3 | 19 | 5.4
|
| Hammersmith and Fulham18 | 7.8 | 11 | 4.2
|
| Islington | 20 | 7.0 | 20 | 5.8
|
| Kensington and Chelsea | 12 | 5.9 | 8 | 4.4
|
| Lambeth | 13 | 5.8 | 13 | 4.9
|
| Lewisham | 20 | 7.2 | 20 | 5.4
|
| Southwark | 17 | 6.2 | 21 | 5.8
|
| Tower Hamlets | 16 | 4.5 | 25 | 4.3
|
| Wandsworth | 13 | 5.7 | 13 | 4.0
|
| Westminster, City of | 12 | 5.1 | 16 | 4.3
|
| Barking and Dagenham | 26 | 7.1 | 21 | 6.0
|
| Barnet | 9 | 5.0 | 14 | 5.2
|
| Bexley | 12 | 5.2 | 9 | 4.9
|
| Brent | 9 | 3.8 | 13 | 4.1
|
| Bromley | 14 | 6.6 | 10 | 5.5
|
| Croydon | 11 | 4.6 | 15 | 5.1
|
| Ealing | 9 | 4.9 | 13 | 5.0
|
| Enfield | 15 | 6.5 | 13 | 5.4
|
| Haringey | 20 | 6.9 | 24 | 7.0
|
| Harrow | (58)— | (58)— | 11 | 5.4
|
| Havering | 9 | 4.9 | 9 | 5.1
|
| Hillingdon | 10 | 5.0 | 11 | 5.0
|
| Hounslow | 11 | 4.6 | 13 | 5.0
|
| Kingston-Upon-Thames | (58)— | (58)— | 7 | 3.9
|
| Merton | 12 | 6.6 | 12 | 5.7
|
| Newham | 16 | 4.6 | 24 | 5.1
|
| Redbridge | 10 | 4.7 | 21 | 6.1
|
| Richmond-Upon-Thames(58)— | (58)— | 14 | 7.5
|
| Sutton | (58)— | (58)— | 11 | 5.2
|
| Waltham Forest | 18 | 6.3 | 20 | 5.6
|
| Birmingham | 16 | 3.2 | 23 | 3.4
|
| Coventry | 13 | 3.4 | 13 | 3.3
|
| Dudley | 10 | 4.1 | 17 | 4.9
|
| Sandwell | 17 | 4.2 | 22 | 4.6
|
| Solihull | 10 | 3.4 | 9 | 3.4
|
| Walsall | 12 | 3.8 | 24 | 5.2
|
| Wolverhampton | 12 | 4.0 | 27 | 4.8
|
| Knowsley | 17 | 3.9 | 25 | 5.1
|
| Liverpool | 18 | 3.9 | 20 | 3.8
|
| St. Helens | 10 | 4.1 | 18 | 5.0
|
| Sefton | 9 | 3.1 | 21 | 4.7
|
| Wirral | 12 | 3.6 | 19 | 4.7
|
| Bolton | 11 | 3.5 | 16 | 4.6
|
| Bury | 14 | 4.3 | 16 | 4.9
|
| Manchester | 16 | 3.9 | 20 | 3.4
|
| Oldham | 14 | 4.4 | 28 | 5.6
|
| Rochdale | 15 | 4.4 | 24 | 5.0
|
| Salford | 20 | 4.7 | 19 | 4.2
|
| Stockport | 7 | 3.5 | 12 | 4.9
|
| Tameside | 11 | 4.1 | 15 | 4.4
|
| Trafford | 9 | 3.3 | 14 | 4.1
|
| Wigan | 16 | 4.5 | 16 | 4.3
|
| Barnsley | 19 | 4.3 | 26 | 5.2
|
| Doncaster | 15 | 4.0 | 25 | 4.9
|
| Rotherham | 16 | 3.9 | 17 | 4.3
|
| Sheffield | 12 | 3.8 | 16 | 3.7
|
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Percentage of age group not in employment, education or training (NEET)
| 16 to 19-year-olds
| 20 to 24-year-olds
|
|---|
Local
education
authorities | NEET (%) | Confidence interval | NEET (%) | Confidence interval
|
|---|
| Bradford | 16 | 3.7 | 25 | 4.3
|
| Calderdale | 13 | 4.8 | 22 | 5.1
|
| Kirklees | 12 | 3.7 | 22 | 4.8
|
| Leeds | 10 | 2.8 | 9 | 2.5
|
| Wakefield | 15 | 4.1 | 15 | 4.1
|
| Gateshead | 15 | 4.2 | 19 | 4.4
|
| Newcastle Upon Tyne | 15 | 4.0 | 13 | 3.0
|
| North Tyneside | 15 | 4.1 | 20 | 4.8
|
| South Tyneside | 16 | 3.6 | 24 | 4.4
|
| Sunderland | 15 | 3.6 | 21 | 4.0
|
| Cornwall | (58)— | (58)— | (58)— | (58)—
|
| Bath and North East Somerset5 | 2.4 | 10 | 3.0
|
| Bristol | 6 | 2.9 | 13 | 3.4
|
| North Somerset | 6 | 3.0 | 14 | 4.9
|
| South Gloucestershire | (58)— | (58)— | 8 | 3.3
|
| Hartlepool | 22 | 4.7 | 25 | 4.9
|
| Middlesbrough | 13 | 3.5 | 27 | 4.6
|
| Redcar and Cleveland | 21 | 4.3 | 27 | 5.2
|
| Stockton on Tees | 16 | 4.2 | 20 | 4.8
|
| Kingston Upon Hull | 19 | 4.3 | 21 | 4.0
|
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 7 | 3.1 | 15 | 5.2
|
| North East Lincolnshire | 15 | 4.0 | 25 | 4.9
|
| North Lincolnshire | 9 | 3.6 | 22 | 5.2
|
| North Yorkshire | 6 | 2.8 | 14 | 4.5
|
| York | 9 | 3.5 | 7 | 2.9
|
| Bedfordshire | 7 | 2.9 | 11 | 3.5
|
| Luton | 13 | 3.6 | 18 | 3.8
|
| Buckinghamshire | 7 | 3.2 | 13 | 4.2
|
| Milton Keynes | 7 | 3.2 | 14 | 3.7
|
| Derbyshire | 12 | 3.4 | 20 | 4.1
|
| Derby | 18 | 4.6 | 18 | 3.9
|
| Dorset | 7 | 3.2 | 11 | 4.6
|
| Poole | 13 | 4.5 | 12 | 4.2
|
| Bournemouth | 11 | 3.4 | 8 | 2.7
|
| Durham | 14 | 4.1 | 27 | 5.2
|
| Darlington | 15 | 5.0 | 18 | 4.7
|
| East Sussex | 8 | 3.2 | 15 | 4.9
|
| Brighton and Hove | 7 | 3.4 | 11 | 3.1
|
| Hampshire | 8 | 2.2 | 12 | 2.7
|
| Portsmouth | 10 | 3.5 | 12 | 3.4
|
| Southampton | 15 | 4.3 | 9 | 2.5
|
| Leicestershire | 7 | 2.6 | 10 | 3.4
|
| Leicester | 12 | 3.4 | 20 | 3.7
|
| Rutland | (58)— | (58)— | 21 | 10.1
|
| Staffordshire | 8 | 2.7 | 12 | 3.1
|
| Stoke-on-Trent | 17 | 4.0 | 16 | 4.0
|
| Wiltshire | 6 | 2.9 | 8 | 3.6
|
| Swindon | 7 | 3.7 | 10 | 4.0
|
| Bracknell Forest | 9 | 3.8 | 12 | 4.5
|
| Royal Windsor/Maidenhead8 | 3.9 | 14 | 4.5
|
| West Berkshire | 5 | 2.7 | 11 | 3.9
|
| Reading | 11 | 3.9 | 15 | 3.5
|
| Slough | 12 | 3.6 | 15 | 3.7
|
| Wokingham | 5 | 2.9 | 11 | 4.5
|
| Cambridgeshire | 9 | 3.4 | 12 | 3.9
|
| Greater Peterborough | 11 | 3.6 | 20 | 4.6
|
| Cheshire | 9 | 3.2 | 13 | 3.8
|
| Halton | 14 | 3.8 | 27 | 5.3
|
| Warrington | 11 | 4.1 | 15 | 4.9
|
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Percentage of age group not in employment, education or training (NEET)
| 16 to 19-year-olds
| 20 to 24-year-olds
|
|---|
Local
education
authorities | NEET (%) | Confidence interval | NEET (%) | Confidence interval
|
|---|
| Devon | 6 | 3.0 | 14 | 4.1
|
| Plymouth | 17 | 4.2 | 16 | 3.5
|
| Torbay | 11 | 3.8 | 16 | 4.7
|
| Essex | 12 | 2.6 | 15 | 2.8
|
| Southend | 11 | 4.0 | 18 | 4.4
|
| Thurrock | 14 | 4.1 | 13 | 3.8
|
| Hereford | 10 | 3.3 | 13 | 4.6
|
| Worcestershire | 8 | 3.1 | 14 | 4.3
|
| Kent | 12 | 2.5 | 17 | 3.0
|
| Medway Towns | 13 | 4.0 | 17 | 4.5
|
| Lancashire | 9 | 2.4 | 15 | 3.0
|
| Blackburn | 12 | 3.6 | 23 | 4.7
|
| Blackpool | 15 | 4.4 | 19 | 4.7
|
| Nottinghamshire | 10 | 3.1 | 16 | 3.6
|
| Nottingham | 15 | 3.6 | 15 | 3.2
|
| Shropshire | 7 | 3.5 | 15 | 5.5
|
| Telford and Wrekin | 12 | 3.7 | 15 | 4.0
|
| Cornwall | 8 | 3.1 | 16 | 4.5
|
| Cumbria | 9 | 3.5 | 15 | 4.8
|
| Gloucestershire | 9 | 3.2 | 12 | 3.6
|
| Hertfordshire | 5 | 1.9 | 14 | 2.9
|
| Isle of Wight | 9 | 3.6 | 21 | 5.4
|
| Lincolnshire | 9 | 3.2 | 15 | 3.8
|
| Norfolk | 10 | 3.1 | 14 | 3.4
|
| Northamptonshire | 10 | 3.9 | 14 | 4.1
|
| Northumberland | 16 | 4.2 | 17 | 4.4
|
| Oxfordshire | 7 | 2.9 | 10 | 3.2
|
| Somerset | 9 | 3.5 | 7 | 3.6
|
| Suffolk | 9 | 3.3 | 18 | 4.3
|
| Surrey | 6 | 2.3 | 12 | 3.0
|
| Warwickshire | 15 | 4.7 | 13 | 4.2
|
| West Sussex | 9 | 3.1 | 12 | 3.4
|
| Total | 11 | 0.3 | 16 | 0.3
|
(58)The NEET estimate and Confidence Interval are not provided, as the number of people surveyed in the LEA is less that 10, and so results are potentially disclosive or particularly unreliable.
Note:
Figures for all three years have been combined to reduce the error margins around the NEET estimates.
Source:
Local Labour Force Survey for 2001, 2002 and 2003.
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