Secondary Schools (Courses)

HC Deb 04 December 1961 vol 650 cc129-30W

Mr. Lawson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of school children in each of the separate Scottish education authority areas, allocated first to a three years' secondary

Sir D. Eccles

The numbers of pupils aged 7 years and over in county infant schools and departments, in England and Wales, in January, 1961, was as given in the table below:

course, was subsequently re-allocated to a four or five years' course.

Mr. Maclay

The information asked for is given below for session 1959–60, the latest for which figures are available.

Education Authority	Percentage of pupils in 3 year secondary courses subsequently transferred to 4 or 5 year courses
COUNTIES:
Aberdeen	0.1
Angus	0.6
Argyll	3.8
Ayr	0.6
Banff	0.4
Berwick	1.0
Bute	1.3
Caithness	0.4
Clackmannan	1.7
Dumfries	0.5
Dunbarton	1.3
East Lothian	0.7
Fife	0.6
Inverness	0.5
Kincardine	0.4
Kirkcudbright	1.9
Lanark	0.5
Midlothian	0.1
Moray and Nairn	0.8
Orkney	1.4
Peebles	2.9
Perth and Kinross	3.4
Renfrew	0.8
Ross and Cromarty	0.9
Roxburgh	0.5
Selkirk	0.9
Stirling	2.1
Sutherland	2.7
West Lothian	0.8
Wigtown	0.1
Zetland	0.1
BURGHS:
Aberdeen	0.4
Dundee	0.5
Edinburgh	2.2
Glasgow	0.5