To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when Mr. Edward Nutall, reference M2/912642, applied for a war pension; and what are the reasons for the delay in dealing with his claim.
| Proportion of 17 and 18-year-olds in education training1 19862 | |||||||
| Percentage of age group | |||||||
| 17 | 18 | ||||||
| FT | PT | All | FT | PT | All3 | ||
| United Kingdom4 | (1986) | 34 | 27 | 61 | 19 | 24 | 42 |
| (1988) | 35 | 40 | 75 | 20 | 22 | 42 | |
| England4 | (1988) | 36 | 40 | 76 | 37 | 38 | 76 |
| Australia | 50 | 17 | 67 | 25 | 23 | 47 | |
| Belgium | 77 | 5 | 82 | 64 | 5 | 69 | |
| Canada5 | 77 | — | 77 | 53 | — | 53 | |
| Denmark | 68 | 6 | 75 | 57 | 10 | 67 | |
| France | 68 | 10 | 78 | 52 | 4 | 56 | |
| Germany, West2 6 | 43 | 49 | 92 | 33 | 47 | 80 | |
| Italy2 | 47 | 23 | 70 | 41 | 15 | 56 | |
| Japan7 8 | 89 | 3 | 91 | 50 | 2 | 51 | |
| Netherlands6 | 77 | 10 | 88 | 61 | 11 | 72 | |
| Spain9 | 52 | — | 52 | 44 | — | 44 | |
| Sweden10 | 85 | 1 | 86 | 52 | 4 | 55 | |
| United States of America7 | 87 | 1 | 88 | 55 | 3 | 59 | |
Notes:
1 Includes apprenticeships, YTS and similar schemes.
2 1987 for Germany; 1982 for Italy.
3 Includes higher education for some 18-year-olds.
4 Includes estimates for public sector evening study and for private sector further and higher education, including training courses with employers.
5 Excludes certain part-time students, 10 per cent. at 16–18.
6 6 Includes compulsory part-time education for 16 and 17-year-olds in Germany and Netherlands.
7 Includes private sector higher education.
8 1988. Estimated for special training and miscellaneous schools, providing vocational training.
9 Includes estimates for 18-year-olds in universities.
10 1985. Includes estimates for part-time.
Sources: DES Statistical Bulletins.
1/90 International Statistical Comparisons of the Education and Training of 16 to 18 Year Olds.
9/90 Education and Economic Activity of Young People Aged 16 to 18 Years in England from 1975 to 1989.