§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of young people graduated in the last available year; and what comparisons he has made with the figures for(a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) each member of the European Union. [3038]
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansIn 1994–95 11,045 UK domiciled students graduated with a first degree from Welsh higher education institutions. These represented 31 per cent. of the population of 21-year-olds, corresponding to the most common age at graduation. On a similar basis, 32 per cent. of young people graduated from Scottish higher education institutions and 30 per cent. from English higher education institutions.
Information is not available on a comparable basis for 1994–95 for other European Union countries, but limited information is available for 1991–92 and is shown on the following table.
Public and private university education graduates as a percentage of the population at theoretical age of graduation 1991–92 Per cent. Denmark 22.1 Greece 11.8 Ireland 17.4 Italy 0.7 Netherlands 17.8 Spain 8.0 Sweden 11.4 UK 20.4 Source:
OECD "Education at a Glance".