HC Deb 22 December 1997 vol 303 cc451-2W
Mr. Sarwar

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people graduated from universities in Scotland in(a) arts and humanities, (b) science and technology, (c) medicine and (d) law in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. [20749]

Mr. Wilson

The available information on graduates from Scottish Higher Education Institutions is given in the following table.

1986 1996
Subject 1Universities 1Universities All Higher Education Institutions
Arts and Humanities 1,568 4,623 8,057
Social Sciences2 1,704 5,624 10,920
Science and Technology 3,342 7,946 14,701
Medicine and Dentistry 806 947 947
1986 1996
Subject 1Universities 1Universities All Higher Education Institutions
Multi-disciplinary 770 4,109 4,993
Unknown 1,389 0 0
Total 9,579 23,249 39,618
1 Available figures are for the following Universities: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Aberdeen, Heriot-Watt, Dundee, St. Andrews, and Stirling.
2 Social Science includes law.
Since 1994–95 data on Higher Education Institutions has been collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Prior to this date, the data came from the University Statistical Record and returns made to SOED by Further Education Colleges and Colleges of Education. Information for 1985–86 is only available for the Universities covered by the University Statistical Record. There is no available data for 1976.