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Table D2b - Percentage of 19 to 21 year olds qualified to NVQ Level 2 or above
                                       
Per cent 1999   2000   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005
Spring Autumn   Spring Autumn   Spring Autumn   Spring Autumn   Spring Autumn   Spring Autumn   Spring Autumn
North East 74.7 74.2   74.2 74.5   75.7 76.1   73.0 70.2   73.5 77.9   70.8 67.1   77.3 77.0
North West 80.0 76.1   76.4 78.1   76.4 76.5   72.5 71.3   73.2 77.1   75.0 77.5   76.2 71.5
Yorkshire and the Humber 73.4 76.4   73.0 72.8   73.6 69.9   71.0 73.6   77.6 76.0   74.8 72.1   76.1 76.3
East Midlands 68.3 72.5   71.3 73.6   75.6 74.2   78.7 77.7   77.8 75.2   71.9 74.7   72.7 73.7
West Midlands 68.8 73.5   72.2 70.8   72.8 72.6   70.2 70.2   75.2 76.2   69.0 68.6   72.7 70.7
East of England 76.0 78.3   74.3 77.7   78.2 73.3   72.0 74.1   74.3 79.1   76.2 73.6   71.8 73.9
London 74.7 72.8   73.5 74.9   75.6 75.3   76.4 75.5   73.2 73.8   70.4 71.5   68.1 75.2
South East 78.1 77.8   81.1 78.9   77.9 77.4   79.7 82.3   79.7 78.6   79.9 81.6   79.3 76.9
South West 74.6 73.4   76.4 76.4   79.4 79.0   78.7 76.4   78.2 76.8   80.7 76.5   76.7 77.4
                                       
England 74.9 75.2   75.1 75.6   76.2 75.0   75.0 75.2   75.9 76.6   74.5 74.4   74.4 74.6
                                       
Wales 68.6 73.5   75.0 69.6   76.5 75.2   75.8 71.1   78.0 74.8   76.8 78.8   78.4 69.7
Scotland 76.2 76.2   78.2 76.0   78.7 82.4   80.0 80.4   79.6 79.0   81.6 79.2   74.5 82.2
Northern Ireland 78.1 78.5   79.7 80.8   75.2 82.7   82.0 82.4   76.5 75.2   76.5 80.2   82.6 75.7
                                       
United Kingdom 74.7 75.3   75.5 75.5   76.4 75.9   75.7 75.7   76.4 76.7   75.3 75.2   74.9 75.1
                                       
                                       
Source: Department for Education and Skills analyses of the ONS Labour Force Survey                        

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Last updated on 19 January, 2007