To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students in higher education completed degree studies in (a) soft furnishing and (b) cabinet making in each year between 1996 and 2006. (132094)

Information on the number of students completing degree studies in soft furnishing and cabinet making is not held centrally.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publishes figures on newly qualified graduates by subject. Figures are available for crafts including both soft furnishing and cabinet making and a number of other crafts but no specific figures for either soft furnishing or cabinet making are available.