§ 63. Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of graduates with further degrees at present unemployed and in temporary employment analysed by subject, university, and master's or doctor's degrees, over the past five years.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFigures are available only for university graduates and only in respect of those graduated in 1971, since this was the first year in which the statistics were analysed to show those unemployed and those in temporary employment.
Following are the details:
HIGHER DEGREE GRADUATES IN ACADEMIC YEAR 1970–71 UNEMPLOYED OR IN TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
GREAT BRITAIN
BY SUBJECT, UNIVERSITY AND LEVEL OF DEGREE
216W
University or College Believed to be unemployed at 31st December, 1971 In temporary employment at 31st December, 1971 ENGLAND Aston 1 1 Bath — — Birmingham 3 1 Bradford 2 — Bristol 1 3 217W
Believed to be unemployed at 31st December, 1971 In temporary employment at 31st December 1971 Brunel 1 — Cambridge — 7 City — 1 Durham 1 3 East Anglia — 1 Essex 4 1 Exeter — — Hull — — Keele — 1 Kent — — Lancaster — — Leeds 7 5 Leicester 5 1 Liverpool 2 — London Graduate School of Business Studies — — London University 25 36 Loughborough — 4 Manchester School of Business Studies — — Manchester 6 4 University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 8 — Newcastle 3 1 Nottingham 4 1 Oxford 1 13 Reading 2 — Salford — — Sheffield — — Southampton 4 8 Surrey 1 2 Sussex 2 6 Warwick 1 — York 1 3 WALES Aberystwyth University College — — Bangor 1 1 Cardiff University College 3 — St. David's, Lampeter — — Swansea University College 1 — Welsh National School of Medicine — — University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology — — Scotland Aberdeen 1 l Dundee — 1 Edinburgh 5 1 Glasgow — — Heriot-Watt 2 — St. Andrews — — Stirling 1 1 Strathclyde — — Total 99 108 Subject Group Education 1 3 Studies allied to Medicine and Health 3 2 Engineering and Technology 21 10
Believed to be unemployed at 31st December, 1971 In temporary employment at 31st December, 1971 Agriculture and Forestry 3 3 Science 49 45 Social, Administrative and Business Studies 16 12 Architecture and Town Planning 1 3 Language, Literature and Area Studies 6 12 Arts other than Languages 9 18 Total 99 108 Type of Degree Doctorates 30 39 Others 69 69 Total 99 108 Source: University Grants Committee Statistics on First Employment of University Graduates. 1970–71