The Higher Education Statistics Agency is the official agency for the collection, analysis and dissemination of quantitative information about higher education.The following table shows the percentage of midwifery graduates who have not started work as midwives in the national health service within six months of graduation in each year. These are the latest figures available. Percentage not working as midwives Percentage working as midwives 2008-09 20.4 79.6 2009-10 18.3 81.7 Notes: 1. Numbers are rounded up or down to the nearest multiple of five, so components may not sum to totals. 2. Percentages are based on unrounded figures and are given to one decimal place. Subject information is shown as full person equivalents (FPEs) in the table. FPEs are derived by splitting student instances between the different subjects that make up their course aim. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency, Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Survey.