Select Committee on Science and Technology Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence

Annex

TABLE A

GCE A LEVEL ENTRIES 1991-92 TO 1999-2000

	1991-92			1992-93			1993-94			1994-95			1995-96
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Biological science	15,135	24,181	39,316	15,197	23,603	38,800	16,212	25,068	41,280	17,026	25,672	42,698	17,749	25,640	43,389
Chemistry	20,833	14,790	35,623	20,266	14,259	34,525	19,738	14,835	34,573	20,315	15,480	35,795	19,535	15,126	34,661
Physics	27,133	7,725	34,858	25,555	7,213	32,768	24,044	6,619	30,663	23,334	6,396	29,730	22,387	5,943	28,330
Other science	2,978	1,770	4,748	3,017	1,916	4,933	3,011	2,039	5,050	3,166	2,311	5,477	2,968	2,508	5,476
Mathematics	40,365	20,893	61,258	38,561	20,267	58,828	36,806	19,887	56,693	36,103	19,427	55,530	38,642	20,335	58,977
Computer studies	5,662	1,199	6,861	6,062	1,290	7,352	6,217	1,191	7,408	6,713	1,260	7,973	7,284	1,266	8,550
Total	288,769	307,269	596,038	293,345	313,045	606,390	288,298	314,058	602,356	288,516	314,665	603,181	295,955	323,934	619,889

	1996-97			1997-98			1998-99			1999-00
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Biological science	19,455	28,134	47,589	19,818	29,066	48,884	18,536	28,648	47,184	17,745	28,431	46,176
Chemistry	20,266	16,141	36,407	20,110	16,966	37,076	18,949	16,872	35,821	18,242	17,034	35,276
Physics	22,567	6,135	28,702	23,052	6,533	29,585	22,773	6,707	29,480	21,724	6,831	28,105
Other science	3,275	3,387	6,662	3,330	3,600	6,930	3,268	3,474	6,742	3,060	3,662	6,722
Mathematics		21,265	60,970	39,758	21,956	61,714	39,336	21,847	61,183	36,967	21,651	58,618
Computer studies	39,705	1,279	9,076	8,294	1,434	9,728	11,788	2,911	14,699	13,384	3,754	17,138
Total	313,055	348,910	661,965	319,008	361,808	680,816	318,144	361,683	679,827	312,456	359,736	672,192

TABLE B

A LEVEL ENTRIES 1994-95 TO 1999-2000

A-Level Results—Number of 16-18 year old A-Level entries.

	1994-95			1999-00			Percentage change 1995-2000
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Biology	17,026	25,672	42,698	17,745	28,431	46,176	4.2	10.7	8.1
Chemistry	20,315	15,480	35,795	18,242	17,034	35,276	-10.2	10	1.4
Physics	23,334	6,396	29,730	21,724	6,381	28,105	-6.9	-0.2	-5.5
Other Science	3,166	2,311	5,477	3,060	3,662	6,722	-3.3	58.5	22.7
Maths	36,103	19,427	55,530	36,967	21,651	58,618	2.3	11.4	5.6
Total Maths and Science	99,944	69,286	169,230	97,738	77,159	174,897	-2.2	11.4	3.3
All Subjects	288,516	314,665	603,181	312,456	359,736	672,192	8.2	14.3	11.4

TABLE C

GCE A LEVEL ENTRIES—PERCENTAGE POINT CHANGES 1991-92 TO 1999-2000

	1991-92		1994-95		1999-2000
	Number of entries (male + female)	As a % of total entries	Number of entries (male + female)	As a % of total entries	Number of entries (male + female)	As a % of total entries	Percentage point change 1995-2000	Percentage point change 1992-2000
Biology	39,316	6.5	42,698	7.1	46,176	6.9	-0.2	0.4
Chemistry	35,623	6.0	35,795	5.9	35,276	5.2	-0.7	-0.8
Physics	34,858	5.8	29,730	4.9	28,105	4.2	-0.7	-1.6
Other Science	4,748	0.8	5,477	0.9	6,722	1.0	0.1	0.1
Maths	61,258	10.3	55,530	9.2	58,618	8.7	-0.5	-1.6
Total Maths and Science	175,803	29.5	169,230	28.1	174,897	26.0	-2.1	-3.5
Computer Studies	6,861	1.2	7,973	1.3	17,138	2.5	1.2	1.3
All Subjects	596,038	—	603,181	—	672,192	—	—	—

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Prepared 11 July 2002