Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 17 March 2014.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Glen Watson
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many graduates of British universities aged 21 to 25 are claiming unemployment-related benefits. (191449)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles data on the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, the main unemployment related benefit, from the JobcentrePlus Administrative System.
Unfortunately, information on whether claimants have graduated from British universities is not available from this source.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at:
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