Young People: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of (a) all children and (b) looked-after children over the age of 16 years were in full-time education in each of the last five years. (150742)

The information requested is shown in the following table.

*Percentage of looked after children in Year 11 in full-time education, compared with all children*
	Looked after children¹	All children²
2002	56	72
2003	57	72
2004	59	73
2005	61	75
2006	64	78
¹ Source: Outcome Indicators for Looked After Children survey. ² Source: “The Connexions/Careers Service Annual Activity Survey”.

Volume 463: debated on Tuesday 24 July 2007