§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of graduates in employment, and as a percentage of all in employment, in each of the standard regions and Wales for each of the years 1983 to 1988;
(2) what was the total number and percentages of graduates in employment in each of the standard regions and Wales in each year from 1983 to 1988.
§ Mr. Lee[holding answers 19 May 1989]: Estimates from labour force surveys are as shown in the following table:
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Graduates of working age1, in employment by region Spring estimates Thousands and per cent. 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 21988 Graduates in Employment (000's) Northern region 58 59 50 64 73 62 Yorkshire and Humberside region 100 97 91 112 117 120 East Midlands region 77 88 93 99 91 104 East Anglia region 43 46 48 55 60 60 South East region 680 696 754 785 783 807 of which Greater London 331 340 386 372 393 414 South West region 96 117 115 117 127 115 West Midlands region 95 106 108 115 123 133 North West region 148 134 147 138 176 181 Wales 51 56 56 74 61 60 (i) Percentage of all in employment Northern region 4.9 5.0 4.2 5.3 5.9 4.9 Yorkshire and Humberside region 5.1 4.9 4.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 East Midlands region 4.7 5.3 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.8 East Anglia region 5.4 5.6 5.8 6.4 6.8 6.4 South East region 9.3 9.2 9.8 10.2 10.0 9.9 of which Greater London 11.4 11.5 12.9 12.7 13.2 13.5 South West region 5.4 6.4 6.0 6.1 6.4 5.8 West Midlands region 4.6 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.7 5.8 North West region 5.9 5.3 5.7 5.4 6.7 6.7 Wales 5.1 5.4 5.4 7.1 5.7 5.5 (ii) Percentage of all graduates Northern region 85.4 83.5 82.2 82.7 84.2 84.3 Yorkshire and Humberside region 80.4 85.7 84.6 86.3 86.5 79.4 East Midlands region 86.0 84.7 88.5 87.3 86.8 90.0 East Anglia region 80.1 88.7 88.3 82.8 83.9 85.6 South East region 82.9 85.5 84.5 84.7 85.6 87.8 of which Greater London 82.9 84.5 83.7 82.1 86.0 87.8 South West region 80.8 82.9 83.6 84.9 90.2 88.2 West Midlands region 81.7 83.5 82.9 90.2 86.6 88.3 North West region 84.7 78.9 84.8 86.1 87.7 88.5 Wales 83.8 82.0 79.2 86.7 80.1 82.0 Source: Labour Force Surveys. 1 Men aged 16–64, women aged 16–59. Graduates can only be identified for this age group. 2 Preliminary results (1988 only).