Jonathan Lord – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Lord on 2016-02-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the proportion of students who left school with work experience in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) the South East in each year since 2010.

Nick Boles

The Department does not collect data on the proportion of students that have left secondary education having undertaken a work experience placement.

Most students aged 16-19 benefit from work experience to inform career choices, develop the relevant occupational skills and help instil the attitudes and behaviours expected at work. Work experience can take many forms including work tasters, participation in social action projects, or a work placement.