§ 73. Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland to publish a table showing the number of grants for university education made by each local education authority in 1953; and the number, per 10,000 child population, in the area of each authority.
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§ Mr. J. StuartThe reply is as follows:
Education authority University awards made for first time in session 1953–54 Number Number per 10,000 of the population of school age Aberdeen (County) … 59 23.0 Angus … 37 24.7 Argyll … 16 17.6 Ayr … 105 20.0 Banff … 29 32.2 Berwick … 9 25.0 Bute … 9 37.5 Caithness … 10 25.6 Clackmannan … 11 16.7 Dumfries … 30 21.6 Dunbarton … 54 20.5 East Lothian … 12 14.0 Fife … 88 17.5 Inverness … 45 33.6 Kincardine … 16 33.3 Kirkcudbright … 11 22.0 Lanark … 153 16.3 Midlothian … 19 11.0 Moray and Nairn … 20 21.3 Orkney … 5 14.3 Peebles … 7 33.3 Perth and Kinross … 40 20.0 Renfrew … 84 15.8 Ross and Cromarty … 28 29.2 Roxburgh … 12 18.5 Selkirk … 3 10.3 Stirling … 87 28.2 Sutherland … 6 28.6 West Lothian … 30 18.9 Wigtown … 7 12.5 Zetland … 16 53.3 Burghs Aberdeen … 81 29.0 Dundee … 48 17.1 Edinburgh … 172 25.3 Glasgow … 272 15.1 All Scotland … 1,631 19.7