§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the number of Scottish youngsters who have left school at the earliest possible date in each of the past five years, giving a breakdown by sex.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe numbers of pupils leaving education authority and grant-aided schools on attaining school leaving age are shown below.
Male Female Total Full-time higher education 39,320 29,908 69,228
§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland of he will list in the Official Report the numbers and percentages of students over the age of 16 years in Scotland who. at the last available date, were in (a) part-time advanced further education, (b) day release or non-advanced further education and (c) evening non-advanced evening classes, giving if possible a breakdown by sex.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe following table shows numbers of students aged 16–24, and the percentage of the home population 16–24 which they represent, in the session 1979–80: 259W
Numbers Percentage of home population Male Female Total Male Female Total (a) Part-time advanced further education 6,923 2,687 9,610 1.8 0.7 1.3 (b) Non-advanced further education—day release 33,664 8,969 42,633 8.7 2.4 5.6 (c) Non-advanced further education—block release 11,120 183 11,303 2.9 — 1.5 (d) Non-advanced vocational further education—evening 9,152 14,288 23,440 2.4 3.8 3.1