§ Mr. Formanasked 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. LangThe available information derived from censuses of population and labour force surveys is as follows:
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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.