HC Deb 01 November 1993 vol 231 c70W
Mr. Henderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his Department's estimate of the number of people who have completed a course of study at university or a college of further or higher education(a) in the last year, (b) in the last two years and (c) in the last three years and have yet to find employment.

Miss Widdecombe

The Department does not hold information in precisely the form requested. However the Labour Force Survey provides information both on an individual's highest qualification and duration of unemployment. The following table shows unemployment estimates for people qualified to further and higher education levels:

opportunity to amend the penalties available for religious discrimination in Northern Ireland under the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976, as amended.