§ Mr. SimmondsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many graduates claimed unemployment benefit for(a) one to three months, (b) four to six months, (c) seven to nine months and (d) 10 to 12 months directly after graduation in each year since 1997. [172628]
§ Alan JohnsonAdministrative data relating to claims of jobseekers' allowance in the year after graduation are not available.
Information on economic activity more generally is collected, though not at the detailed level requested. The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects data on the employment position of students six months after graduation, through the annual First Destination Survey. Summary results are available in the relevant Statistical First Releases which are placed in the House of Commons Library.
The Department also commissioned the Institute of Employment Research to analyse the early careers of 1995 graduates. The published report1 provides more detail of labour market transitions in the first year post-graduation. This research is currently being extended in an analysis of 1999 graduates which we expect to be published later this year.
1Elias, P. & K. Purcell (1999) Moving On—Graduate Careers Three Years After Graduation DfEE-CSU-AGCAS-IER