Written question asked by Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 July 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 September 2003. It was answered by Stephen Twigg (Labour) on Monday, 1 September 2003 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of the (a) male and (b) female workforce in (i) London and (ii) Sefton have degree-level qualifications. - Inc table.

Answer: Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of the (a) male and (b) female workforce in (i) London and (ii) Sefton have degree-level qualifications. [124107] Mr. Stephen Twigg: The lastest available estimates from the Local Area Labour Force Survey 2001 are shown in the table. Proportion of people of working age1 holding qualifications at NVQ level 4 or above2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Male Female All 95% confidence 95% confidence 95% confidence interval interval between interval between between3 London 32.0% 30.9%-33.0% 29.5% 28.5%-30.6% 30.8% 30.1%-31.6% Swfton 21.8% 18.3%-25.4% 22.5% 18.8%-26.3% 22.2% 19.6%-24.7% Great Britain 24.3% 24.0%-24.5% 23.1% 22.8%-23.4% 23.7% 23.5%-23.9% _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Working age is defined as all males aged 16-64 and females aged 16-59. 2 NVQ level 4 or above covers postgraduates, first degrees, HNDs and other undergraduate qualifications. 3 The confidence interval figures show in the answer indicate the potential margin or error of the data for each area, given that the LFS is a sample survey and that estimated populations for each area are therefore subject to sampling variations.

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