Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many 19–24 year olds on first full Level 3 Further Education programmes were studying (1) full-time, and (2) part-time, in England in 2016–17.
The information requested is not held centrally.
A total of 203,890 learners aged 19 to 24 years old participated in full Level 3 courses in the 2016-17 academic year.
Additional information on further education and skills participation is attached and also available from the ‘FE data library: further education and skills’ demographic tool at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-further-education-and-skills.