§ Mr. Ralph HowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average number of(a) holidays and (b) sickness leave taken by teachers employed by Norfolk education committee in each of the years 1961, 1971, 1981 and 1989.
§ Mr. FallonThe data requested are not held centrally.
Higher education qualifications awarded Qualifications awarded per 100 of relevant age group1 19802 19863 All levels4 Level 54 Level 64 Levels 5/64 Level 74 Total number of qualifications (19863) (thousands) Persons Men Women Australia5 26 27 27 28 9 16 26 2 74 Belgium6 710 33 32 34 18 15 33 ֵ 52 Canada 34 45 42 49 13 27 41 5 199 Denmark6 24 24 21 26 11 13 24 ֵ 19 France 32 836 837 836 815 15 30 6 312 Germany (FRG) 6 21 22 23 21 8 14 22 ֵ 230 Italy 11 10 10 9 — 8 8 1 90 Japan9 (a) 37 36 39 32 11 23 34 1 586 (b)10 49 47 48 45 22 23 46 1 770 Netherlands6 21 23 25 21 16 7 23 ֵ 59 Spain 13 15 14 17 — 15 15 — 100 Sweden 37 33 30 36 20 12 32 1 40 United Kingdom11 23 33 34 31 13 15 28 5 315 USA12 (a) 41 45 44 46 11 24 35 10 1,830 (b)13 31 34 34 33 24 9 33 1 1,374 1 The relevant age group is considered to be the age group identified as including 70 per cent. of new entrants increased by the typical duration of course. 2 1982 data for France. 3 1985 data for Germany; 1987 Belgium, Canada, Sweden and the United Kingdom. 4 Level 7 = post-graduate; level 6 = first degree; level 5 =sub-degree higher education. 5 Level detail based on 1985 data. 1986 data excludes TAFE. 6 Level 6 includes level 7 data. 7 Universities only. 8 Increased by level 5 diplomas awarded on the completion of the first two years of a level 6 course. 9 Including data for private colleges and correspondence courses. 10 Includes advanced students in special training schools (senshus) some of whose courses may be equivalent to level 5. 11 Includes estimated public sector professional qualifications and nursing and paramedical qualifications gained at DH establishments. Excludes private sector. 12 Includes private colleges. 13 Excludes students on two year courses (some of which may be below level 5), and, where appropriate, transfers bachelor's and master's degrees to levels 5 and 6 respectively. Source: International Comparisons of Higher Education, unpublished DES report.
The qualifications included are all higher education qualifications—sub-degree, first degree and post-graduate—including nursing and paramedical qualifications and estimates of professional qualifications.
The calculation is based on OECD methodology for calculation of participation indices. The total number of qualifications awarded is divided by the average population of the age-group at which the qualifications are typically obtained. Further information is available in statistical bulletin 4/87, a copy of which is in the Library.