EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Table 9(b)(i) - Percentage of economically active adults (18-59/64) qualified to at least NVQ Level 4
Per cent

 

 UKGO Region/CountryENG   
NE NW Y&H; EM WM E L SE SW

WAL

 SC

NI
1998 Spring 25.2 19.8 23.9 23.1 20.9 21.4 22.4 33.8 27.6 25.0 25.1 23.6 27.1 23.8
  Autumn 26.2 21.2 24.2 22.9 22.5 21.5 23.9 34.5 29.3 25.9 26.0 24.8 29.3 23.5
1999 Spring 26.4 21.3 24.4 22.5 22.2 22.2 24.1 34.9 29.7 25.8 26.2 24.7 29.6 24.4
  Autumn 26.8 20.9 24.6 23.3 23.4 22.7 24.3 35.2 29.7 26.7 26.6 25.3 30.0 24.7
2000 Spring 27.2 21.5 25.4 23.8 23.6 24.6 24.7 35.8 29.3 26.6 27.1 26.3 29.2 24.6
  Autumn 27.8 21.6 26.2 24.4 24.6 25.3 24.3 36.7 29.4 27.3 27.6 27.3 31.0 24.2
2001 Spring 27.7 23.1 26.1 24.2 23.4 24.0 24.4 37.9 28.9 27.7 27.5 26.8 31.1 24.5
  Autumn 28.1 22.6 25.6 24.2 23.0 23.9 25.7 39.2 29.6 27.4 27.9 26.0 32.4 25.5
2002 Spring 28.2 22.7 24.7 24.3 23.2 24.9 25.2 38.2 30.6 26.9 27.8 26.4 32.9 27.8
  Autumn 28.8 24.1 26.2 24.3 24.2 24.5 25.6 37.6 30.9 29.1 28.3 29.3 33.2 28.1
2003 Spring 29.1 25.1 25.9 24.8 24.2 25.2 26.7 37.1 31.9 29.3 28.7 29.1 33.9 26.5
  Autumn 29.8 25.8 27.0 26.8 25.6 26.0 26.3 37.5 32.5 29.6 29.4 28.7 35.3 27.7
2004 Spring 30.5 26.3 28.1 27.6 28.0 26.9 27.5 38.0 33.2 29.0 30.2 28.5 34.1 30.7
  Autumn 30.8 24.8 28.9 26.2 28.0 26.8 28.6 38.6 33.2 30.0 30.4 29.3 36.3 29.5

Table 9(b)(ii) - Percentage of economically active adults (18-59/64) qualified to at least NVQ level 3
Per cent UKGO Region/CountryENG   
NE NW Y&H; EM WM E L SE SW WAL SC NI
1998 Spring 43.7 39.2 43.9 41.1 40.6 39.0 40.3 48.8 46.7 44.3 43.4 42.0 48.2 42.0
  Autumn 45.3 41.2 44.7 42.1 42.5 40.3 42.5 50.2 48.6 46.0 45.0 43.4 50.9 42.4
1999 Spring 45.2 42.2 44.9 42.2 41.5 40.7 42.9 50.9 49.3 44.9 45.2 42.5 51.2 43.2
  Autumn 46.4 41.5 45.7 44.5 42.8 41.5 43.8 51.7 49.4 46.3 46.1 43.6 52.2 43.5
2000 Spring 46.8 41.4 46.8 44.6 42.9 43.1 44.2 52.4 49.3 46.2 46.5 44.1 51.8 43.4
  Autumn 47.5 42.3 48.2 45.0 44.2 43.8 44.3 52.9 49.7 47.4 47.2 44.8 53.0 44.4
2001 Spring 47.5 43.5 47.8 45.3 43.8 43.2 44.7 54.1 48.3 47.2 47.2 44.9 53.4 43.5
  Autumn 48.2 44.1 47.8 44.9 44.2 43.3 46.0 55.5 48.9 48.7 47.8 45.3 54.3 44.5
2002 Spring 48.3 45.4 45.8 45.9 44.7 44.2 45.5 54.6 50.5 48.0 47.9 45.8 54.7 47.1
  Autumn 49.2 45.4 47.8 46.3 45.9 45.5 44.6 54.0 51.9 50.4 48.7 48.6 55.4 48.3
2003 Spring 49.4 47.3 47.6 46.0 46.1 45.7 45.8 53.6 52.1 50.6 48.9 48.3 56.1 47.4
  Autumn 50.3 47.5 48.0 47.8 48.7 46.1 46.4 53.9 52.8 51.7 49.7 50.5 56.4 47.8
2004 Spring 50.8 47.4 49.8 47.8 49.3 47.3 47.3 54.5 53.7 51.2 50.4 49.5 55.5 48.6
  Autumn 51.4 46.3 50.7 48.2 49.4 47.5 48.4 54.5 54.0 52.0 50.8 49.3 58.5 49.5

Source: Department for Education and Skills analyses of the ONS Labour Force Survey

EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Table 9(b)(iii) - Percentage of economically active adults (18-59/64) qualified to at least NVQ level 2
Per cent UKGO Region/CountryENG
NE NW Y&H; EM WM E L SE SW WAL SC NI
1998 Spring 65.7 62.5 66.1 62.7 62.5 61.0 64.1 68.8 68.9 66.6 65.4 65.2 69.0 66.0
  Autumn 66.8 64.7 66.9 63.4 63.5 62.0 64.9 69.6 70.2 68.2 66.5 66.4 70.2 65.4
1999 Spring 67.6 65.6 68.4 64.2 63.3 63.1 65.8 70.5 71.0 68.1 67.3 66.3 71.4 66.9
  Autumn 68.0 66.1 68.5 66.4 64.4 63.2 66.7 70.5 71.0 68.8 67.8 66.0 71.8 66.8
2000 Spring 68.5 66.3 69.3 66.8 64.8 64.7 66.6 71.2 71.1 68.9 68.3 67.3 71.4 66.6
  Autumn 69.0 65.0 70.4 66.7 65.2 65.8 66.6 72.0 71.4 70.4 68.8 67.8 72.4 66.8
2001 Spring 69.0 67.2 70.2 66.2 65.2 65.7 67.2 72.3 70.3 69.9 68.7 66.6 73.2 66.9
  Autumn 69.5 67.2 69.4 66.8 66.6 66.1 68.4 73.4 70.3 70.7 69.2 66.8 74.0 69.1
2002 Spring 70.0 68.6 68.8 68.2 67.8 67.0 69.2 72.9 71.5 70.5 69.7 67.7 73.5 71.4
  Autumn 70.8 68.4 70.2 68.5 68.1 67.9 68.0 73.3 73.2 71.1 70.3 71.5 74.2 72.5
2003 Spring 70.9 69.0 69.6 68.3 68.2 68.1 68.9 72.9 72.9 71.6 70.3 71.6 74.9 72.9
  Autumn 71.5 69.3 70.5 70.0 69.2 68.0 69.6 73.3 73.8 72.5 71.1 72.9 74.7 71.6
2004 Spring 71.8 70.2 71.9 69.7 70.4 68.5 70.3 73.2 74.1 72.3 71.5 72.5 74.2 71.9
  Autumn 72.1 70.4 73.0 70.0 69.7 68.9 69.9 72.4 74.5 72.9 71.7 71.5 76.9 71.2

Table 9(b)(iv) - Percentage of economically active adults (18-59/64) with no qualifications
Per cent UKGO Region/CountryENG   
NE NW Y&H; EM WM E L SE SW WAL SC NI
1998 Spring 13.0 15.2 13.2 14.7 14.9 17.0 12.1 11.0 9.9 10.7 12.7 15.6 12.5 19.0
  Autumn 12.4 14.2 12.7 13.9 13.8 15.9 11.6 10.5 9.4 10.8 12.1 14.2 12.4 19.2
1999 Spring 12.1 13.2 12.1 13.0 14.2 15.0 11.4 10.0 9.3 10.8 11.8 14.4 12.1 19.5
  Autumn 12.0 13.0 12.4 12.2 13.3 14.7 12.0 10.2 9.2 9.8 11.5 14.5 12.4 19.6
2000 Spring 11.7 13.0 11.3 11.9 13.5 14.4 12.0 9.8 8.9 9.5 11.2 13.1 13.0 19.3
  Autumn 11.4 14.3 11.4 12.4 13.0 13.9 11.6 9.7 8.4 9.4 11.1 12.5 11.9 19.5
2001 Spring 11.5 12.5 11.5 12.7 13.7 13.9 10.5 9.6 9.3 9.0 11.1 14.4 11.9 18.2
  Autumn 11.3 12.0 11.9 12.9 13.3 13.4 9.8 9.2 9.6 8.6 10.9 14.2 11.6 17.5
2002 Spring 10.9 11.7 11.8 12.5 12.3 13.2 10.1 9.1 8.9 8.1 10.6 13.1 11.6 15.8
  Autumn 10.5 11.5 11.6 11.4 11.9 13.1 10.9 8.3 8.2 7.7 10.2 11.7 10.6 16.3
2003 Spring 10.4 12.0 11.9 11.7 12.8 12.3 10.7 8.5 7.8 7.3 10.2 11.7 10.4 16.1
  Autumn 10.0 10.3 11.4 10.3 11.4 11.9 10.5 8.0 7.5 7.3 9.6 11.3 11.2 17.2
2004 Spring 10.1 9.1 11.0 9.7 11.2 12.7 9.6 8.4 8.1 7.7 9.6 12.2 11.2 16.9
  Autumn 9.9 10.1 10.3 9.9 11.0 12.4 9.6 9.4 7.5 7.5 9.6 12.1 9.2 17.8

Source: Department for Education and Skills analyses of the ONS Labour Force Survey