Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many academic and other external researchers have been granted access to and are analysing Longitudinal Study of Young People in England data from (1) LSYPE2 waves 4-6, and (2) LSYPE2 waves 7-9.

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.