Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the cost to date of the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England: cohort 2 (LSYPE2) waves 1–9.

The total cost of the contracts for the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England 2 (LSYPE2) Waves 1 to 9 is £9,688,223.

Data from Waves 1-9 of LSYPE2 is available to researchers via the Office for National Statistics’ Secure Research Service and can be accessed here: https://ons.metadata.works/browser/dataset/1405106/0.

Data from Waves 4 to 6 of the LSYPE2 has been shared by the department with nine academics and other external researchers. In contrast, data from Waves 7 to 9 has been shared with five academics.