Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates who were not in education or employment one year after graduation, in each of the last five years.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on the destinations of leavers from UK Higher Education Institutions six months after graduation. The information requested is provided in the table.

UK Domiciled full-time first degree leavers from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Subjects (STEM)[1] not in employment or further study 6 months after graduation[2][3][4]

[1] STEM subjects are defined by HESA as Subject Groups A to K under the JACS3 classification. Further information can be located at this link https://www.hesa.ac.uk/component/content/article?id=1787.

[2] Figures are taken from Supplementary Table SE1 of HESA's Performance Indicators (https://hesa.ac.uk/pis/emp)

[3] Statistics are expressed as a percentage of UK domiciled graduates who were working, studying or seeking work.

[4] In this table 0, 1, 2 are rounded to 0. All other numbers are rounded up or down to the nearest 5.

[5] Due to changes on the DLHE questionnaire in 2011/12 and hence changes to the derivation of the activity categories, the employment indicator for 2011/12 onwards is not strictly comparable with the indicator prior to 2011/12.