§ Mr. HunterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of graduates who qualified in 1995 were employed in the United Kingdom six months after graduation; and what percentage of graduates in each member state of the European Union each year since 1990 found employment in their country of origin within six months of graduation. [7305]
§ Mr. ForthThe available information for graduates in the United Kingdom is given in the following table. Corresponding information for other European Union member states is not available centrally.
Percentage of first degree graduates1 who were in employment in the UK six months after graduation Year Percentage 19902 57.3 1991 50.5 1992 48.5 1993 51.1 1994 54.3 1995 56.4 1Includes home and overseas graduates from UK higher education. Includes part-time graduates from ex-University Funding Council funded institutions up to and including 1994. 1995 figures are for full-time graduates only. 2Great Britain only.