§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for the regional and islands council areas the percentage of their school leavers in each of the past five years who left without passing any Scottish certificate of education examination.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information requested is attached, in respect of the academic years 1977–78 to 1981–82, in the table below. Corresponding information for 1982–83 is not yet available.
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Region 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 Dumfries and Galloway 30 29 29 28 28 Fife 32 30 29 30 27 Grampian 27 27 23 22 22 Highland 25 25 25 26 24 Lothian 31 31 31 30 29 Strathclyde 36 36 35 33 30 Tayside 29 28 26 27 24 Orkney 23 28 23 22 23 Shetland 19 19 19 17 10 Western Isles 26 24 23 24 20 Scotland 33 32 31 30 28
§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for the regional and island council areas the percentage of their school leavers in each of the past five years who left without passing any Scottish certificate of education examination at higher level.
School Leavers with no SCE Qualifications at Higher Level Percentages Region 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 Borders 76 75 73 74 69 Central 74 74 73 70 67 Dumfries and Galloway 73 74 72 73 70 Fife 76 75 74 72 70 Grampian 74 74 71 69 69 Highland 72 71 70 69 66 Lothian 71 72 70 68 66 Strathclyde 75 76 75 72 70 Tayside 70 70 69 68 64 Orkney 65 74 61 71 71 Shetland 79 75 79 74 67 Western Isles 73 68 64 66 62 Scotland 74 74 73 71 68