§ Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of pupils of secondary school age are in senior secondary courses for each of the education authorities in Scotland.
§ Mr. MaclayThe following table shows for each education authority area at 16th January, 1956 (the latest date for which the figures are available), the percentage of pupils who were following senior secondary courses in relation to the total number of pupils in junior and senior secondary schools. The figures include
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§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe following table gives the information desired:
all pupils in secondary classes in public schools.
Counties Aberdeen … … 40 Angus … … 39 Argyll … … 35 Ayr … … 42 Banff … … 46 Berwick … … 40 Bute … … 25 Caithness … … 35 Clackmannan … … 31 Dumfries … … 31 Dunbarton … … 45 Bast Lothian … … 36 Fife … … 33 Inverness … … 46 Kincardine … … 40 Kirkcudbright … … 34 Lanark … … 36 Midlothian … … 33 Moray and Nairn … … 37 Orkney … … 37 Peebles … … 39 Perth and Kinross … … 38 Renfrew … … 46 Ross and Cromarty … … 37 Roxburgh … … 36 Selkirk … … 58 Stirling … … 32 Sutherland … … 50 West Lothian … … 39 Wigtown … … 33 Zetland … … 29 Burghs Aberdeen … … 27 Dundee … … 35 Edinburgh … … 39 Glasgow … … 51 The average for Scotland as a whole is 40 per cent.