HC Deb 26 June 1995 vol 262 cc520-1W
Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those schools which have participated in the assisted places scheme in the past five years, and the number of placements for each school per year. [29708]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information for the last five school sessions is as follows:

Participating schools 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–951
Lomond School 39 44 49 54 54
Loretto School 31 33 35 33 33
Merchiston Castle School 60 62 65 168 65
Morrison's Academy 164 168 169 1157 140
New Park School 3 3 4 5 4
Oxenfoord Castle School 11 13 11 School closed
Park Lodge School nil 1 1 nil nil
The Park School 72 68 68 69 68
Rannoch School 28 30 31 35 38
Robert Gordon's College 63 64 163 164 70
Rudolph Steiner School, Edinburgh 56 57 59 63 57
St. Aloysius College 160 166 165 172 168
St. Columba's School 32 42 39 36 33
St. Denis and Cranley School 30 28 31 29 31
St. George's School 20 25 29 31 42
St. Leonard's School 31 35 37 36 37
St. Margaret's School, Aberdeen 19 22 22 20 20
St. Margaret's School, Edinburgh 68 70 72 71 74
St. Mary's School 4 1 2 2 4
Stewart's Melville College and the Mary 274 276 282 296 284
Erskine School
Strathallan School 42 42 46 47 46
Wellington School 48 44 55 '54 51
Westbourne School 60 Amalgamated with Glasgow Academy
1 Provisional figures pending receipt of audited returns from schools.

Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many assisted place pupils sat A-level examinations in each of the past five years. [29710]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information is given.

School session Number of assisted place pupils
1990–91 69
1991–92 79
1992–93 84
1993–94 91
1994–95 1
1 Information not yet available.

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