§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of graduates of Scottish universities who failed to find employment within one year of graduation in 1977 and the comparable figure for the latest year for which such information is available, together with the percentage this represented in each year of the total numbers graduating at Scottish universities.
§ Mr. BrookeThe information is not available in precisely the form requested. The following information relates to the number of Scottish university first-degree 225W graduates known to be unemployed as at 31 December of the year in which they graduated. Information for 1983 is not yet readily available for Scottish universities.
1977 1982 Number unemployed at 31 December 355 954 Percentage of total graduates 4.3 10.6