§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will give, based on the labour force survey the total number of graduates in employment as a percentage of all in employment in each of the standard English regions, Scotland and Wales and for each of the years 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987.
Regional variations in graduate employment of persons of working Age l Great Britain, Spring estimates. 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Graduates of working in employment (000)'s Graduate share 2 Graduates of working age in employment (000)'s Graduate share 2 per cent. Graduates of working age in employment (000)'s Graduate share 2 per cent. Graduates of working age in employment (000)'s Graduate share 2 per cent. Graduates of working age in employment (000)'s Graduate share 2 per cent. Region South East 671 9.2 682 9 743 9.7 777 10.1 774 9.8 of which London 326 11.3 331 11.2 379 12.7 367 12.5 387 13.0 Rest of South East 345 7.8 352 7.6 363 7.8 409 8.6 386 7.9 East Anglia 43 5.3 45 5.4 47 5.7 54 6.3 59 6.7 South West 95 5.3 115 6.3 114 5.9 116 6 1 125 6.3 West Midlands 94 4.6 104 5.0 106 5.0 115 5.3 122 5.6 East Midlands 76 4.7 86 5.2 91 5.5 98 5.7 90 5.3 Yorkshire and Humberstde 99 5.0 96 4.8 90 4.5 111 5.5 116 5.7 North West 147 5.9 132 5.2 145 5.6 137 5.3 174 6.6 Northern 57 4.8 58 4.9 49 4.2 63 5.3 73 5.8 Wales 50 5.0 5.6 5.4 55 5.3 73 7.0 60 5.6 Scotland 144 7.1 124 6.2 136 6.6 132 6.6 120 5.9 Great Britain 1,474 6.6 1,498 6.6 1,576 68 1,675 7.2 1,711 7.3 1 Men aged 16.64. Women aged 16.59. 2 Graduates as a percentage of all persons of all working age in employment. Source: Labour Force Surveys.