§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students graduated from university and how many graduates gained
Full-time UK domiciled first degree graduates from HE institutions in England Year of graduation: 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Graduates from HEIs in: North 10,080 10,216 10,550 10,702 10,859 11,052 10.864 Yorkshire and Humberside 20,319 21,523 22,218 21,689 22,722 23,458 23,320 East Midlands 14,910 16,282 15,353 16,818 16,849 16,569 16,241 East Anglia 4,453 4,739 4,744 4,560 4,635 4,744 4,716 South East 27,717 33,581 33,796 32,970 33,372 30,928 30,853 Greater London 29,630 28,633 27,573 27,080 27,231 29,500 28,919 South West 13,595 13,811 14,492 14,762 15,112 15,720 15,308 West Midlands 15,544 17,076 16,859 16,942 17,398 17,123 17,370 North West 21,948 22,594 23,261 22,772 23,259 24,191 24,180 Percentage gaining employment in their region of graduation1 North 11.7 16.0 22.6 23.8 23.3 24.7 27.5 Yorkshire and Humberside 14.1 18.6 21.2 21.7 22.6 22.8 24.1 East Midlands 4.3 5.0 7.8 19.0 18.1 18.8 20.0 East Anglia 2.0 3.8 5.4 8.4 10.3 10.1 11.4 South East 11.7 12.5 18.0 25.6 24.3 24.8 25.9 Greater London 12.5 11.5 16.6 24.8 30.5 26.0 29.2 South West 10.3 12.4 14.8 21.4 21.0 21.9 22.1 West Midlands 10.7 10.5 16.3 18.8 19.9 21.0 21.4 North West 9.4 10.3 12.0 21.2 24.7 28.1 31.7 Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency's First Destination Record. 1 In the early years of the time series, not all graduates specified the region in which they obtained employment, and this has contributed to the lower employment rates in these years.