HC Deb 29 November 1994 vol 250 cc641-3W
Mr. McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list numbers and percentages of

Unemployment among new graduates, United Kingdom 1979–80 to 1985–86
Number and percentages of all graduates, of known destination, in each subject group
1979–80 1981–82 1983–84 1985–86
Male/Female M F M F M F M F
Education Per cent. 3.2 12.6 4.8 12.1 4.6 5.2 4.5 4.6
Number 15 62 21 105 21 46 10 33
Medicine, Dentistry and Health Per cent. 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.6 1.2 0.9 1.1
Number 23 21 27 23 20 30 26 32
Engineering and Technology Per cent. 4.8 4.2 8.9 8.8 5.5 5.3 5.1 4.7
Number 401 20 786 58 496 42 376 32
Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Per cent. 8.3 8.5 12.4 16.1 11.3 12.8 5.1 5.9
Science Number 65 36 96 67 88 55 34 29
Science Per cent. 10.8 7.6 17.3 11.6 11.7 8.9 9.3 6.1
Number 1,020 343 1,732 588 1,223 483 875 319
Administration, Business and Social Per cent. 10.2 8.3 14.0 11.6 10.8 8.2 7.0 5.9
Studies Number 1,005 515 1,384 826 995 601 487 339
Architecture and other Professional and Per cent. 6.8 5.3 4.1 6.9 3.9 5.2 2.6 2.7
Vocational Subjects Number 46 15 26 24 25 20 18 6
Language, Literature and Area Studies Per cent. 15.4 9.2 19.1 13.1 15.1 9.9 11.7 7.2
Number 414 461 490 727 376 554 227 357
Arts other than languages Per cent. 13.2 10.1 22.2 14.7 16.3 11.7 11.3 9.0
Number 361 297 609 481 434 370 288 237
Multi-disciplinary Studies1 Per cent. 11.3 8.2
Number 374 249
Total Per cent. 8.8 7.8 13.3 11.3 9.5 8.2 7.5 6.1
Number 3,350 1,770 5,171 2,899 3,678 2,201 2,715 1,633
1 Only available after 1985.

Unemployment among new graduates, United Kingdom 1987–88 to 1992–93
Number and percentages of all graduates, of known destination, in each subject group
1987–88 1989–90 1991–92 1992–93
Male/Female M F M F M F M F
Education Per cent. 2.3 2.1 2.7 1.9 5.7 3.8 5.4 4.3
Number 7 19 7 19 41 36 19 48
Medicine, Dentistry and Health Per cent. 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.9
Number 14 24 20 28 17 58 42 71
Engineering and Technology Per cent. 3.2 1.6 8.1 5.8 10.6 7.9 10.7 7.3
Number 242 13 343 27 825 99 897 96
Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Per cent. 4.6 4.5 9.34 5.51 10.1 7.88 9.2 7.3
Science Number 31 24 47 30 55 39 51 39

Unemployed graduates by subject group since 1979 to date, broken down by gender.

Mr. Oppenheim

[holding answer 28 November 1994]: The table provides the data requested for alternate years up to 1992 and for 1993. The data have been compiled from annual reports published by the Universities Statistical Record on surveys of the first destinations of new graduates. They refer to the position of graduates at the end of the calender year in which they graduated and they exclude graduates from institutions which did not have university status prior to 1992.

Unemployment among new graduates, United Kingdom 1987–88 to 1992–93
Number and percentages of all graduates, of known destination, in each subject group
1987–88 1989–90 1991–92 1992–93
Male/Female M F M F M F M F
Science Per cent. 6.9 4.6 5.2 4.9 14.9 9.6 13.6 8.6
Number 659 248 643 311 1,593 644 1,502 627
Administration, Business and Social Per cent. 5.5 4.6 4.8 2.6 10.9 7.8 9.7 6.4
Studies Number 411 289 475 340 921 589 832 511
Architecture and other Professional and Per cent. 1.9 2.8 11.2 8.5 14.3 10.2 10.7 4.8
Number 12 7 36 7 116 31 95 16
Language, Literature and Area Studies Per cent. 9.1 6.0 11.2 8.5 16.1 10.1 15.9 7.9
Vocational Subjects Number 173 291 223 383 335 536 357 454
Arts other than languages Per cent. 10.5 7.3 9.0 8.0 17.5 10.8 15.7 9.4
Number 287 205 295 230 536 355 521 338
Multi-disciplinary Studies Per cent. 8.1 6.9 10.4 7.9 14.5 10.9 14.4 8.4
Number 289 226 621 303 611 464 623 386
Total Per cent. 5.7 4.8 7.1 5.6 12.3 8.5 11.6 7.1
Number 2,125 1,346 2,710 1,678 5,050 2,851 4,939 2,586