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Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Chris Bryant (Labour). It was answered by Meg Munn (Labour) on Thursday, 23 June 2005 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.


Graduation Statistics

Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what assessment she has made of the proportion of (a) women and (b) men who will graduate in mathematics, science and engineering in 2005.
Answer

Figures for 2004 show that the proportion of women graduating in mathematics, science and engineering was 38.2 per cent. and for men the figure was 61.8 per cent. It is not possible to provide this information for the 2005 academic year, as graduation is still some weeks off.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
435 c943 
6535 
Session
2005-06
Oral question type
Lead
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Women Graduates Engineering Science Mathematics
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk