§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT, arranged according to industry, the number of girls, aged 15, 16, 17 and 18 years of age, respectively, released by their employers to attend courses for part-time education during each of the years 1957–58.
§ Mr. NobleThe number of girls released from employment to attend courses of part-time further education is shown in the following table; separate figures for each industry are not available.
Year Girls aged 15 16 17 18 1957–58 … … 754 1,083 978 311 1958–59 … … 852 1,056 1,003 405 1959–60 … … 765 1,138 1,037 455 1960–61 … … 713 1,172 1,168 529 1961–62 … … 849 1,166 1,211 602
§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in 23W the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of boys and girls, respectively, under 18 years of age, attending for further education at evening classes, during each of the years from 1957–58; and if he will arrange those figures according to the subject being studied.
§ Mr. NobleThe numbers of boys and girls under 18 years of age who attended evening courses of further education (excluding those released by their employers in working hours) were as follows:
Year Number of students under 18 years of age Boys Girls 1957–58 … 27,058 23,073 1958–59 … 29,433 27,281 1959–60 … 29,688 28,382 1960–61 … 29,093 28,131 1961–62 … 28,936 28,401 The total number of students attending evening courses in each subject is given in Table 14 of "Education in Scotland in 1962" (Cmnd. 1975), but information is not available about the age and sex of the students in each subject.