§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of pupils currently in primary, secondary, further education and in total for each Scottish education authority.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe numbers of pupils in education authority primary, secondary and special schools and colleges of further education, at the latest available date, are given in the following tables.
Table 1 Pupils in education authority schools at September 1983 Primary Secondory Special Total Borders 8,353 7,417 172 15,942 Central 24,897 21,479 388 46,764 Dumfries/Galloway 12,480 11,569 176 24,225 Fife 31,388 26,194 631 58,213 Grampian 43,827 35,366 1,105 80,298 Highland 19,460 15,958 413 35,831 Lothian 58,327 48,981 1,578 108,886 Strathclyde 208,934 189,219 4,735 402,888 Tayside 32,757 28,131 642 61,530 Orkney 1,910 1,464 13 3,387 Shetland 2,478 1,797 12 4,287 Western Isles 3,198 2,793 36 6,027 All Scotland 448,009 390,368 9,901 848,278