HC Deb 07 December 1954 vol 535 cc27-8W
73. Mr. G. M. Thomson

asked 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.

Mr. J. Stuart

The 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