At the February 2017 Board meeting the Board noted our annual report on Statistics, Trends and Performance Indicators 2016.  This report provides a summary of our work over the previous twelve months.  We’ve included a few of the points related to the Register and the equality and diversity data we’ve collected below.  To read the full report, which contains information about ARB’s work on prescription, professional standards and protection of title as well as information about ARB’s corporate functions click here.

• At the end of 2016 there were 38,258 architects on the Register, compared with 36,678 at the end of 2015. This 4% increase was similar to the previous year’s growth.
• During 2016, there were 2,507 new admissions to the Register, an increase of 10% from 2015.
• 97% of all applications for registration were received online, compared to 91% in 2015.
• There have been a higher percentage of applicants applying via the EU route. 51% were made through the UK routes to registration, including those who qualified over 2 years ago. The remaining 49% applications were made through all EU routes (including those applying through the equivalence route).
• 121 examinations were conducted in 2016. 86 examinations were undertaken at Part 1, and 35 examinations at Part 2.
• ARB holds gender information about the entire Register. 74% of architects are male and 26% are female. The percentage of female architects continues to grow slowly through new admissions to the Register; six years ago the percentage split was 81%/19%.
• ARB holds age information for all architects on the Register; 24% are under 35, 38% are 36-50, 27% are 51-65 and 11% are 66 and over.
• ARB now holds E&D information on 47% of registrants, in excess of the 42% target set at the start of the year.  This includes data about registrants’ ethnic background, sexual orientation, disability and religion.  For this and more information click here to view the full report.