Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of how many 16 to 18-year-olds will be in full-time education in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22, (d) 2022-23 and (e) 2023-24.
The department’s estimate of the number of 16-18-year olds in full time education in academic years 2018/19 to 2023/24 in England is as follows:
Academic Year | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
Estimate | 1,122,000 | 1,127,000 | 1,157,000 | 1,189,000 | 1,227,000 | 1,266,000 |
This includes:
Young people on higher education courses are not included.
The increase reflects the increasing number of 16-18-year olds in the population during this period.