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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. 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 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 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 338 57 820 47 696 35 Engineering Hospitality, Tourism and 2,027 507 2,211 459 1,610 275 Catering Total 14,384 1,956 18,522 2,303 18,224 1,872 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

132795; 412 c126W;412 c132-4W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Construction Computers Graduates ICT Education Industry Engineering Qualifications Northern Ireland Tourism Skilled workers

Contains statistics

Yes

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