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Student Numbers: Part Time Education

Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many part-time undergraduates there were at each relevant institution in the last five years for which figures are available. [149087]

Bill Rammell: This information is published annually by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in their “Students in Higher Education Institutions” reference volumes, copies of which are available from the House of Commons Library.

Student Wastage

Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the non-completion rates were for students studying (a) foundation degrees, (b) honours degrees and (c) Higher National Diplomas in each of the last 10 years, broken down by subject of degree. [149783]

Bill Rammell: Non-continuation rates by subject of study are available in supplementary tables as part of the “Performance Indicators in Higher Education” publication, published by HESA. Figures are available for the following UK-domiciled entrants to UK higher education institutions:

Young entrants to full-time first degree courses;

Mature entrants to full-time first degree courses;

Entrants to full-time other undergraduate courses (only available from 2002/03).

Figures are available up to and including 2003/04. The 2004/05 figures will become available on 19 July when HESA releases the next set of Performance Indicators in Higher Education. The information is shown in the tables.

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Table 1: Proportion of UK-domiciled young entrants to full-time first degree courses who are no longer in higher education after one year of study
Percentage
	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04
Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science	2.0	2	2.4	1 .8	2.0
Subjects Allied to Medicine	6.3	6	5.9	6.4	7.7
Biological Sciences⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾6.9	⁽¹⁾6	⁽¹⁾6.1	⁽¹⁾7.1	7.3
Physical Sciences⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	6.1
Agriculture And Related Subjects	6.8	7	11.4	7.5	8.3
Mathematical Sciences⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾9.8	⁽²⁾8	⁽²⁾8.4	⁽²⁾9.4	5.5
Computer Sciences⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾—	⁽²⁾—	⁽²⁾—	⁽²⁾—	10.3
Engineering & Technology	10.1	9	8.9	10.0	10.1
Architecture, Building, Planning	9.6	8	10.2	11.1	10.0
Social Studies⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾6.9	⁽³⁾6	⁽³⁾6.4	⁽³⁾7.0	7.2
Law⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	6.2
Librarianship, Information Sciences⁽⁴⁾	⁽⁴⁾6.9	⁽⁴⁾8	⁽⁴⁾8.2	n/a	n/a
Business & Administrative Studies^{(4, 5)}	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁵⁾8.8	8.8
Mass Communications & Documentation⁽⁵⁾	n/a	n/a	n/a	⁽⁵⁾—	8.5
Humanities⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾5.9	⁽⁶⁾5	⁽⁶⁾5.7	n/a	n/a
Languages⁽⁶⁾^{(, 7)}	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁷⁾6.3	6.3
Historical & Philosophical Studies⁽⁷⁾	n/a	n/a	n/a	⁽⁷⁾—	5.9
Creative Arts & Design	8.7	8	8.3	8.2	8.4
Education	8.6	8	8.1	8.0	7.5
Combined Subjects	8.8	8	8.2	14.3	13.5
All Subjects	7.8	7	7.3	7.8	7.7
Note: Figures for 2000/01 are only available to the nearest integer. Source: Performance Indicators in Higher Education, published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

Table 2: Proportion of UK-domiciled mature entrants to full-time first degree courses who are no longer in higher education after one year of study
	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04
Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science	2	3	3.1	2.9	2.8
Subjects Allied to Medicine	12	10	11.2	11.8	12.5
Biological Sciences⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾17	⁽¹⁾15	⁽¹⁾18.0	⁽¹⁾17.7	17.5
Physical Sciences⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	16.8
Agriculture & Related Subjects	16	13	18.0	14.5	12.3
Mathematical Sciences⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾20	⁽²⁾18	⁽²⁾18.4	⁽²⁾20.3	18.7
Computer Sciences⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾—	⁽²⁾—	⁽²⁾—	⁽²⁾—	19.0
Engineering & Technology	20	19	16.9	19.7	21.3
Architecture, Building, Planning	17	17	16.9	15.9	17.2
Social Studies⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾15	⁽³⁾15	⁽³⁾14.8	⁽³⁾15.4	14.3
Law⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	17.7
Librarianship, Information Sciences⁽⁴⁾	⁽⁴⁾17	⁽⁴⁾16	⁽⁴⁾16.8	n/a	n/a
Business & Administrative Studies^{(4, 5)}	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁵⁾18.0	19.2
Mass Communications & Documentation⁽⁵⁾	n/a	n/a	n/a	⁽⁵⁾—	16.7
Humanities⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾16	⁽⁶⁾14	⁽⁶⁾14.8	n/a	n/a
Languages⁽⁶⁾^{(, 7)}	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁷⁾15.6	15.7
Historical & Philosophical Studies7	n/a	n/a	n/a	⁽⁷⁾—	15.8
Creative Arts & Design	13	12	13.0	12.1	14.4
Education	12	11	10.2	10.1	11.8
Combined Subjects	19	18	18.2	23.2	19.9
All Subjects	16	14	14.9	15.4	15.6
Note: Figures for 1999/2000 and 2000/01 are only available to the nearest integer. Source: Performance Indicators in Higher Education, published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

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