Written question asked by Sandra Gidley (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 15 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 21 December 2004. It was answered by Kim Howells (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 December 2004 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many doctorates were awarded in each of the last three years, broken down by gender. - Inc table.

Answer: Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many doctorates were awarded in each of the last three years, broken down by gender. [206326] Dr. Howells: The latest available information is given in the table. Figures for 2003-04 will be published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in January 2005. Doctorates obtained at UK HEIs _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Gender: 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Male 8,545 8,300 8,720 Female 5,575 5,910 6,155 Total 14,115 14,210 14,875 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Figures are rounded to the nearest five.

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