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Written question asked by Tracey Crouch (Conservative) on Thursday, 12 January 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 January 2012. It was answered by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Mothers: Kent

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of mothers aged 16 to 19 were in (a) education, (b) employment and (c) training in (i) Chatham and Aylesford constituency, (ii) Medway unitary authority and (iii) Tonbridge and Malling borough council in each of the last 10 years.
Answer

The following table shows the proportion of teenage mothers who participated in education, employment and training (EET) between 2002 and 2011. Data at constituency and borough level are not available and the figures cannot be broken down for education, employment and training separately.

Percentage of teenage mothers EET
As at March each year: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2010 2011
Kent LA ¹— ¹— ¹— 22 15 22 29 25
Medway LA ¹— ¹— ¹— 26 20 31 28 32
Kent and Medway 24 10 17 23 16 23 29 26
¹ Data for 2002-04 available at Connexions Partnership level only.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
90339; 538 c893W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Kent Mothers Young people
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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