Graduates

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students from (a) Chesterfield constituency, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England graduated in each year since 1997. (308997)

The latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) are shown in the table. Figures for the 2008/09 academic year will be available later in January 2010.

*Qualifiers*¹ *from Chesterfield parliamentary constituency*²*, Derbyshire local authority and England. UK Higher Education Institutions: Academic years 1997/98 to 2007/08*
Academic year	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	England
1997/98	410	3,755	305,995
1998/99	425	4,045	315,715
1999/00	475	4,055	322,590
2000/01	545	4,425	355,550
2001/02	555	4,585	363,345
2002/03	525	4,800	387,615
2003/04	570	5,130	409,965
2004/05	685	5,350	427,900
2005/06	615	5,155	429,845
2006/07	620	5,165	434,335
2007/08	655	5,715	450,990
¹ Covers qualifiers from full-time and part-time postgraduate and undergraduate courses. ² The figures for Chesterfield and Derbyshire do not include qualifiers where the parliamentary constituency or local authority area of the student cannot be established due to missing or invalid home postcodes. Notes: Figures are based on a qualification obtained population and have been rounded to the nearest five. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

Volume 503: debated on Wednesday 6 January 2010