Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

In my answer, I pointed out that we also have to manage the question of raising the participation age from 17 from 2013 and 18 from 2015. There is a balancing act to achieve there. We are absolutely committed to sustaining the 6 per cent that we have at the moment. If we can make further progress then, of course, we will—but we cannot ignore the scenario. It is a very important step forward in raising the participation age.