Professional Engineers

HC Deb 30 October 1984 vol 65 cc910-1W

Sir John Farr

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many professional engineers have been produced in the United Kingdom in each of the last four years.

Mr. Brooke

The number of higher education engineering qualifications awarded in universities and the public sector in the last four 'years for which information is available were as follows:

Thousands
	Postgraduate level	First degree level	Below first *degree level	First degree and below
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(2+3)
1979	3.9	13.5	11.6	25.1
1980	3.7	13.2	12.6	25.9
1981	4.1	15.9	13.6	29.5
1982	3.9	15.4	15.5	30.8
* TEC/BEC, HND, HNC. Excludes those gaining certain professional qualifications and college diplomas in both the public and private sectors.