§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of graduates in the UK gained full-time employment within two years of graduating in each year since 1995. [108008]
§ Mr. WicksInformation on the destinations of graduates is collected annually by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), and shows the employment position of students six months after graduation. This information is given in the table.
Recent research undertaken by the Institute for Employment Research which tracked the longer term career paths of graduates was published in "Moving On-Graduate Careers Three Years after Graduation" and showed that approximately 90 per cent. of students graduating in July 1995 were in employment in December 1998.
Number of pupils in maintained primary and secondary schools in classes of size 30 or more taught by one teacher—199I to 1999—position as at January—England Classes of 30 or more All classes Primary 1999 1,827,600 4,051,806 1998 1,927,842 4,054,801 1997 1,842,141 4,025,162 1996 1,750,781 3,966,235 1995 1,625,305 3,908,390 1994 1,519,753 3,813,285 1993 1,412,153 3,719,076 1992 1,320,492 3,625,346 1991 1,306,768 3,577,523 Secondary 1999 571,634 2,890,610 1998 519,363 2,845,146 1997 461,780 2,808,509 1996 437,576 2,766,832 1995 399,990 2,735,880 1994 387,807 2,666,538 1993 355,731 2,572,728 1992 328,578 2,509,381 1991 308,747 2,466,025
§ Mr. AshdownTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will publish the available information on(a) primary and (b) secondary school class sizes in Somerset for each of the years 1995–96 to 1999–2000. [107791]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisA summary of class size information in maintained Primary and Secondary schools in the Somerset local education authority area for 695W the academic years 1995–96 to 1998–99 is shown in the tables. Similar information about classes in Somerset for the academic year 1999–2000 is currently being collected and will be available from September.
Number of classes and pupils taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in the Somerset local education authority area—1996 to 1999—position as at January—England Size of class 1999 1998 1997 1996 1–20 Number of classes 113 129 134 137 Number of pupils 1,716 2,018 2,156 2,120 21–30 Number of classes 793 759 787 786 Number of pupils 21,221 20,223 21,004 20,818 31 to 35 Number of classes 412 417 385 396 Number of pupils 13,431 13,574 12,443 12,840 36 to 40 Number of classes 53 45 45 21 Number of pupils 1,941 1,651 1,653 768 41 and over Number of classes 0 2 0 1 Number of pupils 0 83 0 41 All classes Number of classes 1,371 1,352 1,351 1,341 Number of pupils 38,309 37,549 37,256 36,587
Number of classes and pupils taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools in the Somerset local education authority area Position as at January—England Size of class 1999 1998 1997 1996 1–20 Number of classes 313 297 366 352 Number of pupils 4,431 4,296 5,324 5,128 21–30 Number of classes 731 737 718 712 Number of pupils 19,172 19,230 18,722 18,572 31–35 Number of classes 150 136 118 110 Number of pupils 4,855 4,340 3,803 3,504 36–40 Number of classes 3 4 1 2 Number of pupils 108 145 37 74 41 and over Number of classes 0 0 0 1 Number of pupils 0 0 0 41 All classes Number of classes 1,197 1,174 1,203 1,177 Number of pupils 28,566 28,011 27,886 27,319
§ Mr. AshdownTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will estimate the number of pupils in(a) primary school classes and (b) secondary school classes with over 30 pupils for each English county from 1991–92 to 1999–2000; and what percentage these numbers represent of the total (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools population for each such county. [107792]
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§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe available information is shown in the tables, copies of which have been placed in the Library.
Information on classes as taught in England in January 2000 is currently being collected and provisional national figures will be published in a Statistical First Release in April.