Mr. WRIGHTasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state what is the estimated number of children in Scotland who would leave school immediately after 31st March, 1931, but for the extension of the school-leaving age, and the approximate number at the end of the ensuing 12 months?
Mr. W. ADAMSONAs the available statistics do not show what proportion of the total number of children leaving school in the course of each year leave at a specific date in the year, it is not possible to furnish estimates in the precise form asked for in the question. The estimated number of children who will leave school in the course of the year ending 31st March, 1931, is 82,000; and the estimated number who will leave during the ensuing 12 months (the school age being raised at 1st April, 1931) is 20,000.