Educational Opportunities for Young People

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Education – in the Senedd at 2:17 pm on 5 June 2019.

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Photo of Janet Finch-Saunders Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative 2:17, 5 June 2019

Thank you. The Learning and Work Institute's youth opportunity index provides an invaluable insight into the opportunities available to our young people across Wales. Having considered the findings, however, I cannot disagree with the institute's conclusion that there are some stark inequalities across Wales. It has shown that young people are more likely to have fewer qualifications and have poorer access to higher level study in the most economically deprived areas in Wales, a good example being Conwy, which has a relatively strong higher education index score of 81; Flintshire is less than half of this. Minister, the index does seem to indicate that opportunities in education remain unevenly distributed across Wales. What measures are you taking to address this?