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(10) What percentage and number of care leavers in the ACT are employed within (a) one, (b) three and (c) five, years of existing care, broken down by (i) casual, (ii) part-time and (iii) full-time.

(11) What percentage and number of young people in the ACT generally are employed within (a) one, (b) three and (c) five, years of turning 18, broken down by (i) casual, (ii) part-time and (iii) full-time.

(12) What specific supports does the ACT Government provide to young people exiting or having exited care and protection to encourage and/or facilitate their employment.

(13) What percentage and number of young people in the care and protection system who are aged 15 to 17 are currently employed, broken down by (a) casual, (b) part-time and (c) full-time.

(14) What percentage and number of young people in the ACT who are aged 14 to 17 are currently employed, broken down by (a) casual, (b) part-time and (c) full-time.

(15) What specific supports does the ACT Government provide to young people in care and protection to encourage and/or facilitate their employment.

Ms Stephen-Smith: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

1. I have been advised by my directorate that the information sought is not in an easily retrievable form. In some cases, this data is not kept by the directorate and in other cases, to compile the data would require manual review of individual files for each of the past ten years.

To collect and assemble the information sought solely for the purpose of answering the question would require considerable resources. In this instance, I do not believe that it would be appropriate to divert resources from other priority activities for the purposes of answering the Member’s question.

2. See response to Q1.

3. Each year, over 90 per cent of Year 10 students in ACT public schools receive a Year 10 certificate. The table below gives the percentage of students in ACT public schools who have received a Year 10 certificate each year from 2014. The proportion is based on the number of Year 10 students enrolled at the August census each year.

4. All students in the ACT, between the ages of 6 and 17, are required to be enrolled and attend school in accordance with the Education Act 2004. These provisions are outlined in the Education Participation (Enrolment and Attendance) Policy, which is available via the following link:

https://www.education.act.gov.au/publications_and_policies/School-and-Corporate-Policies/student-administration/enrolment-and-attendance/education-participation-enrolment-and-attendance-policy

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