HC Deb 27 October 2003 vol 412 cc132-4WS
Mr. Beggs

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) enrolments and (b) graduations there were in each of the last three years in Northern Ireland further education colleges in (i) construction, (ii) computing, (iii) software engineering, (iv) electronics, (v) manufacturing engineering and (vi) hospitality, tourism and catering. [132795]

Jane Kennedy

The following tables show a breakdown of the requested statistics. The tables are independent of each other. The enrolment data relates to all students within each academic year. The achievement information is for students who gained their qualifications in the courses which they studied over one/two/three year's duration and took their examinations in the years detailed.

Achievements
1999–00 2000–01 2000–02
Subject Area Full awards Partial passes Full awards Partial passes Full awards Partial passes
Construction 1,872 318 1,845 414 2,624 258
Computing 9,538 919 12,962 1,204 12,570 1,182
Software Engineering 96 0 144 20 93 1
Electronics 513 155 540 159 631 121
Manufacturing Engineering 338 57 820 47 696 35
Hospitality, Tourism and Catering 2,027 507 2,211 459 1,610 275
Total 14,384 1,956 18,522 2,303 18,224 1,872

Enrolments
Subject Area 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02
Construction 6,113 7,482 8,290
Computing 22,772 31,661 25,705
Software Engineering 321 420 478
Electronics 2,011 2,198 1,886
Manufacturing Engineering 1,120 1,721 1,904
Hospitality, Tourism and Catering 6,138 5,987 4,901
Total 38,475 49,469 43,164