§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many girls under 18 years of age were released by their employers to attend courses for part-time education in each year since and including 1956–57; and what percentage of the estimated number of insured girl employees those numbers represented.
§ Mr. NobleFigures are not available for 1956–57, but for subsequent years the information about girls under 18 is as follows:
(a) (b) (c) (d) Year Estimated numbers insured at end of May Numbers released by employers for part-time further education (c)as percentage of (b) 1957–58 81,000 2,815 3.48 1958–59 82,000 2,911 3.55 1959–60 85,000 2,940 3.46 1960–61 83,000 3,053 3.68 1961–62 86,000 3,226 3.75