§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 6 June,Official Report, column 98, if he will provide comparable information on graduate unemployment for each of the last five years. [28088]
§ Mr. Paice[holding answer 12 June 1995]: Regional information on graduate unemployment, on the International Labour Organisation definition, is given in the following table:
ILO unemployed graduates of working age by region in Great Britain (spring each year, thousands, not seasonally adjusted) Region 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Great Britain 63 98 135 170 149 North n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Yorkshire and Humberside n/a n/a 11 11 11 East Midlands n/a n/a n/a n/a 11 East Anglia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a South East 30 43 61 79 63 Greater London 19 25 31 45 36 Rest of South East 11 19 30 33 27 South West n/a 10 11 12 10 West Midlands n/a n/a n/a 13 n/a North West n/a 10 12 17 16 Wales n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Scotland n/a n/a 12 10 14 Source:
Labour Force Survey.
n/a = not available; estiamte below 10,000.