HC Deb 14 May 1986 vol 97 cc466-7W
Mr. Forman

asked the Paymaster General if he will pubish information available to him from surveys of the total work force which show graduate unemployment rates as compared with the average for the population as a whole in each of the years from 1970 to the latest available date.

Mr. Lang

The available information derived from censuses of population and labour force surveys is as follows:

Unemployment rates in Great Britain
per cent.
Census of population Rate among economically active* Labour Force Survey Rate among economically active
population graduates population graduates
1971 4.9 2.0
1981 9.4 3.4 9.7 4.0
1983 11.7 4.9
1984 11.2 4.4
1985 10.7 4.2
* 1971: those aged 18–69, 1981: those aged 18 and over.
1981: those aged 16–59, 1983: those aged 16 and over 1984 and 1985: men aged 16–64; women aged 16–59.
those with university degrees or equivalent qualifications.