This Statistical First Release (SFR) updates the local estimates of participation in education and training by 16 and 17 year olds published on 27 February 2004 (Statistical Bulletin 01/2004). It provides figures for end 2002 and provisional estimates for end 2003 by LEA, local LSC area and region. The release of the provisional estimates for the first time brings forward the publication of the local level end 2003 data by nine months. This publication also contains a revised historic time series for participation, back to 1994. Local estimates supersede all previously published.

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James Halse
Telephone: 0114 274 2515
Email: James.Halse@education.gsi.gov.uk