To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students in Bexleyheath and Crayford left further education having completed A-levels or equivalent to enter full-time employment in 2005-06. (110902)

In 2005/06, 260 students aged 16-18 completed their A level (or equivalent qualification) studies in institutions located in the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency. There is no data available on the number of these young people who entered full-time employment at this local level.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students in Bexleyheath and Crayford left secondary education having completed GCSE qualifications and (a) entered full-time employment and (b) continued study at a further education establishment in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06. (110904)

In 2005, 174 (5.2 per cent.) of 16-year-olds in Bexley left compulsory education and entered full-time employment. Figures for 2006 are not yet available.

These data are for 16-year-olds resident in Bexley LA; figures are not available for Bexleyheath and Crayford. It is for all 16-year-olds who have finished compulsory education; figures are not available for just those who have finished a GCSE qualification. The figures relate to the activity of school-leavers on 1 November 2005.

At end 2004, 800 (26 per cent.) 16-year-olds in Bexley were participating in full-time education at a sixth form college or other further education college. In addition, a further 1,500 (50 per cent.) 16-year-olds were participating in full-time education in schools.

These data are for all 16-year-olds resident in Bexley LA, there is no information available solely on those that have finished their GCSE qualifications. Bexley LA is the smallest local area for which data is available. End 2004 is the most recent year for which data are available.