Education and Skills written question – answered at on 10 June 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of young people between the ages of 16 and 21 years were studying at further education colleges, excluding A-level and GCSE students, in (a) greater London and (b) each London borough in each of the last five years.
Participation rates are routinely available at local education authority level. The proportions of 16 to 21-year-olds residents of greater London studying at further education colleges in 2001 and 2002, excluding GCSE and A-Level students, are shown in the following table.
Local education authority | November 2001 | November 2002 |
---|---|---|
City of London | 7 | 6 |
Camden | 9 | 8 |
Greenwich | 14 | 14 |
Hackney | 21 | 20 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 14 | 13 |
Islington | 16 | 15 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 10 | 9 |
Lambeth | 21 | 22 |
Lewisham | 17 | 18 |
Southwark | 17 | 19 |
Tower Hamlets | 14 | 15 |
Wandsworth | 14 | 15 |
Westminster | 10 | 8 |
Barking and Dagenham | 14 | 14 |
Barnet | 14 | 14 |
Bexley | 15 | 14 |
Brent | 17 | 17 |
Bromley | 11 | 10 |
Croydon | 18 | 17 |
Ealing | 16 | 16 |
Enfield | 18 | 18 |
Haringey | 22 | 21 |
Harrow | 19 | 18 |
Havering | 18 | 18 |
Hillingdon | 15 | 14 |
Hounslow | 14 | 13 |
Kingston upon Thames | 9 | 8 |
Merton | 16 | 16 |
Newham | 23 | 21 |
Redbridge | 14 | 14 |
Richmond upon Thames | 12 | 12 |
Sutton | 14 | 14 |
Waltham Forest | 20 | 21 |
Greater London | 16 | 16 |
Source:
LSC Individualised Student Record
LSC Individualised Learner Record
The percentages in this table are produced using post-Census population estimates. However we are currently unable to provide a historical series on a comparable population basis. Further information concerning this issue can be found in the Department's Statistical First Release, "Participation in Education, Training and Employment by 16–18 Year Olds in England: 2001 and 2002" available online at: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgatewav/DB/SFR/s000426/index.shtml.
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