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Dept for Education and Skills

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Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils (a) up to the age of 16 years, (b) up to the age of 18 years and (c) beyond the age of 18 years were studying sciences in each year since 1 January 1996. [132331] Mr. Miliband: [holding answer 21 October 2003]: The answers to parts (a), (b) and (c) are as follows: Part (a) The number of entries in GCSE science subjects by 15-year-old pupils in all schools in England since 1995/96 are: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 Biological Sciences 37,576 36,641 38,890 38,785 39,376 40,455 40,526 42,608 Chemistry 36,279 35,154 36,544 37,640 37,699 38,797 39,067 40,854 Physics 35,727 34,541 36,205 37,205 37,532 38,455 38,640 40,051 Single Award Science 62,844 54,631 52,383 50,182 48,565 49,886 51,662 52,998 Double Award Science 434,946 439,480 431,348 441,897 445,100 464,389 466,469 473,966 Other Science 5,344 4,881 3,826 3,423 3,106 2,977 2,785 2,742 Total Science 612,716 605,328 599,196 609,132 611,378 634,959 639,149 653,219 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Part (b) The number of entries in advanced level science subjects by 16 and 17-year-old students in all schools and FE colleges in England since 1995/96 are: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 GCE A level Biology 37,905 42,144 43,405 41,723 41,204 40,250 41,448 39,810 Chemistry 30,589 32,295 32,922 31,670 31,407 30,422 29,298 27,839 Physics 25,541 26,192 27,004 26,849 25,548 25,557 25,601 23,868 Other Science 4,456 5,612 5,902 5,694 5,795 5,740 6,950 8,012 Total Science 98,491 106,243 109,233 105,936 103,954 101,969 103,297 99,529 GCE Advanced Supplementary level Biology 2,314 2,518 2,524 2,688 2,774 1,483 -- -- Chemistry 1,008 1,205 1,241 1,155 1,180 781 -- -- Physics 1,534 1,808 1,758 1,727 1,614 750 -- -- Other Science 1,839 1,995 1,995 1,859 1,961 501 -- -- Total Science 6,695 7,526 7,518 7,429 7,529 3,515 -- -- GCE Advanced Subsidiary level Biology -- -- -- -- -- 49,868 51,698 53,840 Chemistry -- -- -- -- -- 34,048 35,145 36,745 Physics -- -- -- -- -- 29,545 30,393 29,401 Other Science -- -- -- -- -- 6,353 13,739 14,206 Total Science -- -- -- -- -- 119,814 130,975 134,192 VCE A level Science -- -- -- -- -- 195 385 352 VCE Double Award Science -- -- -- -- -- 11 564 520 AGNVQ Science -- -- 515 609 692 624 -- -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Part (c) The number of UK domiciles at English higher education and further education institutions, aged 18 or over studying science subjects in 1995/96 to 2001/02 are: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 Subject Group Post Under Post Under Post Under Post Under Graduate Graduate Graduate Graduate Graduate Graduate Graduate Graduate HE in HE institutions Medicine and dentistry 6,216 17,971 7,076 19,115 7,227 19,529 7,408 19,832 Subjects allied to medicine 10,067 84,869 11,051 106,280 12,151 112,528 13,610 126,266 Biological sciences 8,678 40,805 9,677 45,676 9,791 49,961 10,207 50,606 Veterinary science 238 1,470 306 1,496 252 1,595 255 1,691 Agriculture and related 786 8,671 807 8,643 896 8,755 969 8,854 subjects Physical sciences 9,769 43,471 9,790 43,061 8,941 41,584 8,719 41,167 Mathematical sciences 2,210 11,783 2,050 12,050 1,845 12,487 1,666 12,757 Computer science 6,601 45,666 7,036 48,228 7,480 50,590 8,398 54,727 Engineering and technology 12,565 74,939 12,270 68,939 12,281 65,384 12,468 63,464 Architecture, building and 6,564 27,197 7,210 24,389 6,776 23,080 7,007 21,868 planning Total Sciences 63,694 356,842 67,273 377,877 67,640 385,493 70,707 401,232 HE in FE institutions Biological sciences 0 277 74 349 97 332 64 307 Agriculture and related 63 1,625 75 1,893 49 2,025 34 1,845 subjects Physical sciences 0 441 8 256 15 258 20 229 Mathematical sciences 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 Computer science 0 3,593 0 3,741 0 4,463 0 5,425 Engineering and technology 0 22,246 0 20,728 0 20,760 0 20,010 Architecture, building and 0 6,348 0 6,154 0 5,854 27 5,817 planning Other Science 0 1,721 18 2,359 87 3,053 81 3,187 Total Sciences 63 36,257 175 35,480 248 36,745 226 36,821 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 Subject group Post Graduate Under Graduate Post Graduate Under Graduate Post Graduate Under Graduate HE in HE institutions Medicine and dentistry 7,668 20,029 7,854 20,906 8,167 21,952 Subjects allied to 14,205 134,987 15,611 138,661 17,623 143,445 medicine Biological sciences 10,569 51,164 10,813 51,405 11,042 51,516 Veterinary science 243 1,796 230 1,939 259 2,177 Agriculture and related 1,015 8,511 1,225 8,729 1,367 8,715 subjects Physical sciences 8,494 40,082 8,221 38,746 8,287 36,896 Mathematical sciences 1,766 12,638 1,815 12,439 2,141 12,437 Computer science 8,844 58,341 9,096 66,402 9,112 71,309 Engineering and 11,324 61,459 12,798 61,419 12,915 61,735 technology Architecture, building 6,376 20,985 6,376 20,970 6,781 21,450 and planning Total Sciences 70,504 409,992 74,039 421,616 77,694 431,632 HE in FE institutions Biological sciences 69 546 7 573 7 503 Agriculture and related 23 2,531 0 1,978 0 2,128 subjects Physical sciences 15 165 13 159 10 159 Mathematical sciences 0 4 0 38 0 37 Computer science 0 7,415 0 7,223 0 7,348 Engineering and 0 18,648 0 17,447 0 15,917 technology Architecture, building 28 5,375 27 4,819 48 4,445 and planning Other Science 55 3,297 55 3,297 20 2,836 Total Sciences 102 35,534 102 35,534 85 33,373 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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Written question

Reference

132331; 411 c596-8W;411 c600-2W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Curriculum Science

Contains statistics

Yes

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