Jalima, thats just daft, anyway the school leaving age in the UK is 16. It is 18 here. I just had a look and it seems you can marry at 15 in Denmark with permission.
Surely it is unfair to young people in the Uk of 16, to be denied assistance when 17 year olds are given help.
This is a personal point of view, talking to friends in the UK who work within the care system.
I myself sat on the Childrens panel in Scotland for 4 years.
I work a lot for charity, on home ground so to speak, the weekends of the 17th and 24th will be very busy fundraising for Christian Aid.
Getting on to private rant time now, nearly 23.00 off to bed I think.