Education written question – answered at on 17 June 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the proportion of 17-year-olds staying in education (a) before and (b) after the raising of the participation age.
The latest estimate of the proportion of 17-year-olds participating in education is included in “Participation in Education, Training and Employment by 16-18 Year olds in England” Statistical First Release (SFR), which is available here:
This release includes figures reflecting the position at the end of 2012, before raising the participation age (RPA) was implemented. The next release, due on
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