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<p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The number of care leavers
aged 17 and 18 years old who were in education other than higher education in the
year ending 31 March 2017, was 4,610. Information on care leavers aged 17 and 18 years
old was collected for the first time for the year ending 31 March 2016 and is published
as experimental statistics.</p><p>These figures were published in 2017 in table F3
of the statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016
to 2017 (SFR 50/2017)’ at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>Education
other than higher education means all studies excluding degrees, diplomas in higher
education, teaching and nursing qualifications, HNDs, ONDs, and BTEC levels 4-5, all
of which fall under the category higher education.</p>
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