§ Julie MorganTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the hourly earnings of women as a proportion of the earnings of men for graduates who graduated in the years(a) 1990, (b) 1991, (c) 1992, (d) 1993, (e) 1994 and (f) 1995 at the latest available date. [16136]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Julie Morgan, dated 21 November 2001:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the hourly earnings of graduates by year of graduation. I am replying in his absence (16136).The Labour Force Survey (LFS) provides estimates of average gross hourly earnings for graduates of working age, ie men aged 16–64 and women aged 16–59. However, the LFS does not ask people what year they graduated. Therefore, it does not provide estimates of graduates' earnings by year of graduation.