Question follow-through · 94803
Graduates: Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of graduate (a) unemployment and (b) underemployment rates in the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 26 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of graduate (a) unemployment and (b) underemployment rates in the last five years.
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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2 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Department for Education publish yearly statistics on graduates in the labour market. This can be found here: Graduate labour market statistics, Calendar year 2024 - Explore education statistics - GOV.UK. These graduate statistics are for graduates in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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