§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many and what percentages of pupils remained at school beyond the statutory leaving age in each education authority area of Scotland in the last period for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe following table gives the numbers and percentages of education authority secondary school pupils, aged 16, who stayed on voluntarily beyond the statutory leaving age at September 1978.
Authority Numbers Percentages Borders 602 39.7 Central 1,591 35.2 Dumfries and Galloway 786 33.3 Fife 1,839 32.2 Grampian 2,602 37.2 Highland 1,509 46.9 Lothian 4,394 38.5 Strathclyde 16,081 35.9 Tayside 2,429 38.7 Orkney 143 47.2 Shetland 93 29.4 Western Isles 210 42.9 Notes:
- 1. Age is measured at 1 January 1979.
- 2. The percentages are derived by relating the numbers of 16 year olds staying on voluntarily to the equivalent group of 13 year old school pupils as at September 1975.