§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what are the latest figures available for graduates gaining employment related to their degree within six months of graduation in(a) teaching, (b) engineering, (c) biotechnology and research sciences, (d) creative arts, (e) humanities, (f) computing and technology and (g) applied mathematics; and if she will make a statement. [17728]
§ Mr. ForthThe latest available information giving a complete list of occupations entered and other destinations by selected subject of first degree is given in the following table:
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Maintained schools in England1 Local education authority 1995–96 Pupils aged 15 achieving 5 or more GCSE Grades A*-C 1994–95 Per cent. Rank Unit costs Rank2 3 Bromley 50.3 13 42 Gloucestershire 50.2 14 1 Somerset 50.0 15 18 Solihull 49.6 16 38 Cheshire 49.3 17 29 Dorset 49.3 17 11 Hertfordshire 49.3 17 54 Stockport 49.0 20 25 Berkshire 48.8 21 46 Bury 48.6 22 5 Trafford 48.6 22 65 Wiltshire 48.3 24 20 Shropshire 48.0 25 80 York 47.7 26 n/a Bath and North East Somerset 47.4 27 n/a Suffolk 47.0 28 32 Bexley 46.8 29 44 Cambridgeshire 46.7 30 26 Cornwall 46.7 30 33 Kensington and Chelsea 46.7 30 106 Hampshire 46.5 33 30 Northumberland 46.1 34 2 Oxfordshire 45.8 35 58 Dudley 44.9 36 35 South Gloucestershire 44.7 37 n/a Hereford and Worcester 44.6 38 13 Isle of Wight 44.5 39 4 Lincolnshire 44.5 39 77 Wirral 44.4 41 61 Cumbria 44.2 42 7 Devon 44.2 42 34 630W
Maintained schools in England1 Local education authority 1995–96 Pupils aged 15 achieving 5 or more GCSE Grades A*-C 1994–95 Per cent. Rank Unit costs Rank2 3 Havering 44.1 44 88 Sefton 44.0 45 40 Wigan 43.9 46 21 Kent 43.7 47 57 Warwickshire 43.7 47 71 East Riding of Yorkshire 43.6 49 n/a Northamptonshire 43.5 50 55 East Sussex 43.3 51 74 Essex 43.1 52 66 Camden 43.0 53 99 Bedfordshire 42.7 54 42 Lancashire 42.6 55 70 Hounslow 42.3 56 89 Derbyshire 42.0 57 59 Bolton 41.9 58 53 Norfolk 41.9 58 69 North Tyneside 41.1 60 23 Enfield 41.0 61 74 Hillingdon 40.9 62 93 St. Helens 40.9 62 49 Staffordshire 40.9 62 15 Calderdale 39.7 65 15 Leicestershire 39.7 65 56 Croydon 38.8 67 27 Kirklees 38.4 68 50 Merton 38.3 69 95 Coventry 38.0 70 82 North Lincolnshire 37.6 71 n/a Redcar and Cleveland 37.6 71 n/a Sheffield 37.2 73 17 Stockton on Tees 37.2 73 n/a Gateshead 36.6 75 52 Leeds 36.6 75 37 Nottinghamshire 36.4 77 79 Durham 36.2 78 19 Rotherham 36.2 78 36 Rochdale 35.4 80 38 Tameside 35.4 80 9 Hammersmith and Fulham 35.3 82 105 Wakefield 35.3 82 9 South Tyneside 35.2 84 12 Brent 35.1 85 6 Ealing 34.6 86 84 Doncaster 33.5 87 3 Waltham Forest 33.4 88 78 Oldham 33.3 89 60 Westminster 33.0 90 100 Birmingham 32.9 91 73 Wandsworth 32.8 92 102 Newcastle Upon Tyne 32.7 93 63 North East Lincolnshire 32.4 94 n/a Walsall 32.2 95 63 Hartlepool 31.9 96 n/a Sunderland 31.7 97 22 City of Bristol 30.9 98 n/a Wolverhampton 30.2 99 68 Salford 30.1 100 24 Lewisham 30.0 101 96 Greenwich 29.1 102 98 Bradford 28.9 103 8 Haringey 28.5 104 101 Barnsley 28.2 105 14 Newham 27.9 106 92 Liverpool 27.6 107 91 Barking and Dagenham 27.1 108 72 Manchester 27.0 109 83 Middlesbrough 26.9 110 n/a Sandwell 26.5 111 48 Hackney 25.7 112 103 Lambeth 25.1 113 107 Southwark 24.6 114 97
Maintained schools in England1 Local education authority 1995–96 Pupils aged 15 achieving 5 or more GCSE Grades A*-C 1994–95 Per cent. Rank Unit costs Rank2 3 Tower Hamlets 23.9 115 104 Knowsley 23.6 116 41 City of Kingston-upon-Hull 22.8 117 n/a Islington 22.4 118 94 England 41.7 1 The figures for GCSE achievements relate to LEA maintained and grant maintained schools in England. 2 The ranking of unit costs relates to LEA maintained schools only and exclude grant maintained schools. The ranking is in ascending order, the lowest being at the top. 3 n/a denotes not available.