HL Deb 26 July 1993 vol 548 cc96-8WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many British nationals have qualified in the last 10 years as (a) chartered accountants and (b) engineers (and in which branches).

Baroness Denton of Wakefield

The information available is as follows:

Chartered accountants

According to information from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, 33,973 UK nationals were admitted to membership in the period 1st January 1983 to 1st January 1993. Comparable information about admissions to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ireland is not available.

Engineers

During the academic years ended 1983–1991, 71,330 first degree UK-domiciled students graduated in engineering from UK universities. Comparable figures for the academic year ended 1992 are not yet available. The numbers of graduates classified by branch are shown below.

Academic Year Ended
Branch 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Total
1 Aeronautical 260 321 291 282 292 268 317 310 312 2,653
2 Chemical 814 752 644 790 752 645 665 677 637 6,376
3 Civil 1,208 1,045 1,037 994 1,090 1,033 1,040 950 1,021 9,418
4 Electrical 2,160 2,305 2,302 309 328 387 392 378 328 8,889
5 Mechanical 1,452 1,521 1,532 1,338 1,265 1,273 1,309 1,360 1,226 12,276
6 Production 209 164 210 203 200 248 298 385 384 2,301
7 Mining 164 178 184 — — — — — — 526
8 Metallurgy 279 272 259 167 134 107 108 151 123 1,600
9 Other general and combined engineering subjects 978 1,079 1,084 — — — — — — 3,141
10 Surveying 100 142 159 — — — — — — 401
11 Other technologies and combinations of engineering and technologies 418 406 418 — — — — — — 1,242
12 Combinations of Group 3 with Groups 4–9 528 509 512 — — — — — — 1,549
13 General — — — 588 538 549 546 503 520 3,244
14 Electronic — — — 1,050 1,116 1,268 1,346 1,340 1,305 7,425
15 Electrical and Electronic — — — — — — — 1,177 1,049 2,226
16 Minerals technology — — — 173 152 151 143 101 97 817
17 Other materials tectechnology — — — 130 123 136 122 211 203 925
18 Maritime technology — — — 52 76 62 61 52 36 339
19 Biotechnology — — — 22 20 33 27 42 72 216
20 Other and combined studies in engineering and technology — — — 1,212 1,273 1,270 1,381 291 339 5,766
Total 8,570 8,694 8,632 7,310 7,359 7,430 7,755 7,928 7,652 71,330
Source: Department for Education's Statistical Bulletin.
Note: New subject classifications came into effect for the academic year ended 1986. Data for previous years are not therefore directly comparable.