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Selective Education
20. Mr. Brady:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the merits of selective education; and if she will make a statement. [22060]
Jacqui Smith:
If all local education authority areas returned the same value added as selective local education authority areas, the average results would improve by the equivalent of about one and a half grades in one subject at GCSE.
However, this calculation does not take account of the different characteristics of pupils educated in different LEAs. The Government's position on selection is clear. It is socially divisive, we do not support it and we do not wish to see it extended.
Further Education
Susan Kramer:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils aged 16 to 18 have been educated in (a) further education colleges and (b) sixth forms in schools, in England since 2000, broken down by local authority. [15877]
Bill Rammell
[pursuant to the reply, 10 October 2005, Official Report, c. 344W]: The accompanying tables contained an errorthe columns were transposed and incorrectly labelled.
Participation in full-time education of 16 and 17-year-olds by local authority in England, end 2000 onwards
Number
| School sixth forms (including independent)
| FE colleges (including sixth form colleges)(1)
|
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003(2) | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003(2)
|
North East | 16,000 | 16,800 | 17,000 | 17,100 | 23,200 | 23,600 | 24,000 | 24,100
|
Hartlepool | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 1,300 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,300
|
Middlesbrough | 300 | 300 | 300 | 400 | 2,300 | 2,300 | 2,200 | 2,300
|
Redcar and Cleveland | | 100 | 100 | 100 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,300
|
Stockton-on-Tees | 700 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,600
|
Darlington | 200 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,400
|
Durham | 3,200 | 3,500 | 3,400 | 3,400 | 3,900 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 3,900
|
Northumberland | 3,700 | 3,800 | 3,800 | 3,800 | 1,400 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,300
|
Gateshead | 1,700 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,100 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400
|
Newcastle upon Tyne | 2,900 | 3,000 | 3,100 | 3,200 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,100 | 1,100
|
North Tyneside | 1,500 | 1,700 | 1,700 | 1,700 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,500
|
South Tyneside | 300 | 300 | 400 | 400 | 1,700 | 1,900 | 2,200 | 2,100
|
Sunderland | 1,000 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 2,900 | 3,000 | 3,100 | 3,100
|
North West | 39,800 | 40,500 | 41,000 | 41,200 | 68,800 | 70,900 | 73,900 | 74,800
|
Halton | 500 | 500 | 400 | 400 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,800 | 2,000
|
Warrington | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 1,900 | 2,000
|
Cheshire | 6,500 | 6,300 | 6,400 | 6,500 | 5,000 | 5,200 | 5,400 | 5,100
|
Cumbria | 4,600 | 4,800 | 4,700 | 4,800 | 2,900 | 3,100 | 3,000 | 3,100
|
Bolton | 1,800 | 1,800 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,800 | 2,700 | 2,700 | 2,800
|
Bury | 500 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 2,500 | 2,700 | 2,800 | 2,800
|
Manchester | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,100 | 2,200 | 4,800 | 5,000 | 5,500 | 5,600
|
Oldham | 1,200 | 900 | 900 | 900 | 2,800 | 2,900 | 3,000 | 3,000
|
Rochdale | 800 | 1,000 | 900 | 900 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,400 | 2,500
|
Salford | 100 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 2,400 | 2,600 | 2,800 | 2,800
|
Stockport | 600 | 700 | 800 | 800 | 4,100 | 4,000 | 4,100 | 4,100
|
Tameside | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 2,900 | 3,100 | 3,100 | 3,200
|
Trafford | 1,700 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,700 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 2,000 | 2,100
|
Wigan | 500 | 600 | 600 | 500 | 3,800 | 3,900 | 4,100 | 4,100
|
Blackburn with Darwen | 600 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 2,000 | 2,100 | 2,200 | 2,200
|
Blackpool | 300 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,700
|
Lancashire | 4,800 | 5,100 | 5,000 | 5,100 | 13,300 | 13,300 | 13,700 | 13,900
|
Knowsley | 300 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 1,800 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 1,900
|
Liverpool | 4,300 | 4,300 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 2,500 | 2,700 | 2,800 | 2,900
|
St. Helens | 1,000 | 900 | 900 | 900 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 2,000 | 2,000
|
Sefton | 2,600 | 2,300 | 2,400 | 2,300 | 2,900 | 2,900 | 2,900 | 3,000
|
Wirral | 3,400 | 3,500 | 3,600 | 3,700 | 1,900 | 2,100 | 2,000 | 2,100
|
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Yorkshire and the Humber | 34,700 | 35,500 | 36,100 | 36,600 | 40,400 | 42,200 | 43,200 | 44,000
|
East Riding of Yorkshire | 2,900 | 2,900 | 2,900 | 3,000 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,400 | 2,500
|
Kingston Upon Hull, City of | 500 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 2,700 | 3,000 | 3,100 | 3,400
|
North East Lincolnshire | 400 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 2,100 | 2,200 | 2,300 | 2,300
|
North Lincolnshire | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 2,300 | 2,300 | 2,400 | 2,500
|
York | 1,200 | 1,400 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,600 | 1,700 | 1,600 | 1,600
|
North Yorkshire | 6,100 | 5,700 | 5,800 | 5,900 | 3,500 | 4,300 | 4,100 | 4,200
|
Barnsley | 300 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 2,400 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,600
|
Doncaster | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,700 | 2,800 | 1,700 | 1,700 | 1,800 | 1,700
|
Rotherham | 1,800 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 2,300 | 2,300 | 2,400 | 2,400
|
Sheffield | 2,100 | 2,500 | 2,600 | 2,800 | 4,200 | 4,100 | 4,300 | 4,600
|
Bradford | 5,200 | 5,900 | 5,800 | 5,900 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,800 | 2,700
|
Calderdale | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100
|
Kirklees | 1,700 | 1,800 | 1,700 | 1,600 | 4,500 | 4,600 | 4,600 | 4,600
|
Leeds | 6,000 | 5,700 | 5,900 | 6,000 | 4,100 | 4,400 | 4,600 | 4,700
|
Wakefield | 1,700 | 1,700 | 1,800 | 1,700 | 3,100 | 3,200 | 3,200 | 3,200
|
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East Midlands | 35,600 | 36,200 | 36,700 | 37,700 | 28,300 | 30,200 | 31,000 | 31,300
|
Derby | 1,500 | 1,600 | 1,700 | 1,700 | 1,900 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 1,800
|
Derbyshire | 5,700 | 5,900 | 5,900 | 6,000 | 4,400 | 5,100 | 5,300 | 5,400
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Leicester | 1,000 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 3,900 | 4,100 | 4,200 | 4,300
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Rutland | 600 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400
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Leicestershire | 7,000 | 6,900 | 6,800 | 7,100 | 3,300 | 3,400 | 3,500 | 3,500
|
Lincolnshire | 5,800 | 5,600 | 5,500 | 5,800 | 4,000 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500
|
Northamptonshire | 6,600 | 6,700 | 6,900 | 6,900 | 3,300 | 3,500 | 3,600 | 3,900
|
Nottingham | 1,100 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 2,600 | 2,700 | 2,700 | 2,600
|
Nottinghamshire | 6,200 | 6,200 | 6,300 | 6,400 | 4,500 | 4,800 | 5,000 | 5,100
|
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West Midlands | 39,100 | 40,100 | 40,700 | 41,700 | 46,600 | 47,300 | 48,700 | 49,400
|
Herefordshire | 600 | 700 | 700 | 600 | 2,000 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,200
|
Worcestershire | 5,300 | 5,300 | 5,300 | 5,600 | 4,300 | 4,400 | 4,500 | 4,600
|
Telford and Wrekin | 800 | 600 | 700 | 700 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 2,000 | 2,000
|
Shropshire | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 1,900 | 3,000 | 2,900 | 3,000 | 3,200
|
Stoke-on-Trent | 300 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 2,900 | 2,800 | 2,800 | 2,800
|
Staffordshire | 7,500 | 7,600 | 7,700 | 7,900 | 5,600 | 5,800 | 5,600 | 5,800
|
Warwickshire | 4,200 | 4,200 | 4,300 | 4,500 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,200 | 4,200
|
Birmingham | 7,500 | 7,700 | 7,800 | 7,800 | 9,600 | 9,900 | 10,200 | 10,000
|
Coventry | 3,000 | 3,100 | 3,200 | 3,300 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 2,000 | 1,900
|
Dudley | 400 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 3,700 | 3,700 | 4,000 | 4,100
|
Sandwell | 1,000 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 1,500 | 2,800 | 2,900 | 3,100 | 3,000
|
Solihull | 1,300 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 2,300 | 2,400 | 2,500 | 2,400
|
Walsall | 2,700 | 2,800 | 2,700 | 2,700 | 1,500 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,600
|
Wolverhampton | 2,500 | 2,700 | 2,700 | 2,800 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,400 | 1,500
|
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East of England | 48,100 | 49,000 | 49,800 | 49,800 | 38,700 | 38,300 | 40,100 | 41,900
|
Luton | 200 | 400 | 400 | 500 | 2,900 | 2,800 | 3,100 | 3,100
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Bedfordshire | 4,800 | 4,900 | 5,100 | 5,000 | 1,700 | 1,800 | 2,000 | 2,100
|
Peterborough | 2,000 | 1,700 | 1,700 | 1,600 | 800 | 800 | 900 | 900
|
Cambridgeshire | 3,700 | 4,100 | 4,200 | 4,100 | 5,200 | 5,300 | 5,300 | 5,600
|
Southend-on-Sea | 1,400 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,200 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,200
|
Thurrock | | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1,800 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 2,000
|
Essex | 9,100 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,800 | 10,400 | 10,900 | 11,300
|
Hertfordshire | 14,400 | 13,700 | 14,200 | 14,500 | 5,600 | 5,300 | 5,300 | 5,400
|
Norfolk | 5,500 | 5,800 | 5,700 | 5,600 | 5,500 | 5,400 | 5,800 | 6,100
|
Suffolk | 6,900 | 7,100 | 7,000 | 7,000 | 3,300 | 3,600 | 3,800 | 4,100
|
Greater London | 58,700 | 62,300 | 63,900 | 67,100 | 54,700 | 56,200 | 59,200 | 59,800
|
Inner London | 17,100 | 18,600 | 19,000 | 19,800 | 21,800 | 22,500 | 23,900 | 24,100
|
Outer London | 41,700 | 43,700 | 44,900 | 47,300 | 32,900 | 33,600 | 35,200 | 35,800
|
Barking and Dagenham | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,100 | 1,200
|
Barnet | 4,100 | 3,800 | 3,900 | 4,100 | 1,800 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 1,900
|
Bexley | 2,000 | 2,100 | 2,200 | 2,400 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400
|
Brent | 2,300 | 2,800 | 2,900 | 3,200 | 2,100 | 2,200 | 2,300 | 2,200
|
Bromley | 4,100 | 3,800 | 3,900 | 4,000 | 1,000 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,100
|
Croydon | 2,300 | 2,700 | 3,000 | 3,200 | 3,300 | 3,300 | 3,500 | 3,600
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Ealing | 2,300 | 3,200 | 3,300 | 3,400 | 2,300 | 2,200 | 2,300 | 2,300
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Enfield | 3,000 | 3,100 | 3,000 | 3,100 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,300 | 2,300
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Enfield | 3,000 | 3,100 | 3,000 | 3,100 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,300 | 2,300
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Greenwich | 1,700 | 2,000 | 2,100 | 2,300 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,500
|
Harrow | 800 | 2,000 | 2,100 | 2,200 | 2,700 | 2,800 | 2,800 | 2,800
|
Havering | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,100 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,700 | 2,700
|
Hillingdon | 2,900 | 2,800 | 2,800 | 2,800 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,600 | 1,600
|
Hounslow | 2,800 | 2,100 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500
|
Kingston upon Thames | 1,900 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,800 | 900 | 900 | 900 | 900
|
Merton | 900 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,600
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Redbridge | 4,100 | 3,600 | 3,500 | 3,700 | 1,200 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400
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Richmond upon Thames | 1,000 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,600
|
Sutton | 2,600 | 2,000 | 2,100 | 2,200 | 1,000 | 900 | 1,000 | 1,000
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Waltham Forest | 800 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 2,600 | 2,700 | 2,900 | 3,000
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South East | 70,200 | 70,700 | 71,800 | 73,200 | 63,200 | 64,700 | 67,000 | 69,200
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Bracknell Forest | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 800
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Reading | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 700 | 800 | 800 | 700
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Slough | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 800 | 900 | 1,100 | 1,000
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West Berkshire | 2,600 | 2,300 | 2,200 | 2,300 | 600 | 600 | 700 | 600
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Windsor and Maidenhead | 2,200 | 2,100 | 2,200 | 2,300 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 500
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Wokingham | 1,900 | 2,000 | 2,100 | 2,300 | 800 | 900 | 900 | 800
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Milton Keynes | 1,900 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,500 | 800 | 1,000 | 1,200 | 1,300
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Buckinghamshire | 6,600 | 6,400 | 6,700 | 6,700 | 2,000 | 2,200 | 2,100 | 2,000
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Brighton and Hove | 1,600 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,200
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East Sussex | 3,100 | 3,300 | 3,100 | 3,200 | 4,800 | 4,900 | 5,200 | 5,300
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Portsmouth | 500 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 2,200 | 2,300 | 2,500 | 2,700
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Southampton | 400 | 400 | 400 | 300 | 2,500 | 2,700 | 2,600 | 2,600
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Hampshire | 2,900 | 3,200 | 3,200 | 3,200 | 17,100 | 17,700 | 18,200 | 19,100
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Isle of Wight | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800
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Kent | 16,100 | 16,100 | 16,400 | 16,900 | 6,800 | 6,800 | 7,300 | 7,500
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Medway | 2,800 | 2,700 | 2,800 | 2,900 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,700 | 1,500
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Oxfordshire | 6,600 | 6,900 | 7,000 | 7,200 | 3,500 | 3,100 | 3,000 | 3,200
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Surrey | 10,200 | 10,200 | 10,500 | 10,500 | 8,200 | 8,500 | 8,500 | 9,100
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West Sussex | 5,500 | 5,300 | 5,400 | 5,500 | 6,700 | 6,600 | 7,100 | 7,300
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South West | 42,200 | 42,700 | 43,300 | 44,500 | 37,900 | 38,400 | 40,000 | 40,800
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Bath and North East Somerset | 2,500 | 2,200 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 900 | 900 | 1,000 | 1,100
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Bristol, City of | 2,600 | 3,000 | 3,200 | 3,100 | 2,700 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,200
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North Somerset | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,600 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,600
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South Gloucestershire | 2,400 | 2,300 | 2,200 | 2,300 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,600 | 1,600
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Cornwall | 2,900 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 5,600 | 5,500 | 5,700 | 5,600
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Plymouth | 3,100 | 2,900 | 2,800 | 2,900 | 1,000 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,200
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Torbay | 1,300 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700
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Devon | 4,900 | 5,500 | 5,700 | 5,900 | 5,700 | 5,600 | 5,700 | 5,900
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Bournemouth | 1,100 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 1,200
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Poole | 1,500 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,600 | 900 | 900 | 900 | 800
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Dorset | 4,200 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,800 | 2,100 | 2,200 | 2,400 | 2,300
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Gloucestershire | 6,000 | 5,900 | 6,200 | 6,400 | 3,400 | 3,400 | 3,600 | 3,700
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Somerset | 3,400 | 3,500 | 3,600 | 3,700 | 5,300 | 5,400 | 5,500 | 5,600
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Swindon | 400 | 400 | 300 | 400 | 2,200 | 2,400 | 2,500 | 2,800
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Wiltshire | 4,200 | 4,400 | 4,400 | 4,400 | 3,100 | 3,200 | 3,300 | 3,400
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| 384,400 | 393,900 | 400,200 | 409,000 | 401,800 | 411,700 | 426,900 | 435,300
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(1) Further education colleges will include a small number of 16 and 17-year-olds in HE institutions.
(2) Provisional.
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