Duchess of ATHOLLasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many secondary schools there are in Scotland, either provided by local education authorities or in receipt of assistance from the authorities; and how many of these have committees representative of various interests formed for the purpose of advising young people as to taking up and finding employment on leaving school?
Mr. W. ADAMSONThe answer to the first part of the question is 168. As regards the second part, the rendering of assistance to secondary school pupils in the matter of obtaining suitable employment is normally undertaken by the Advisory Committees for Juvenile Employment established by the Ministry of Labour, and certain of these committees have appointed special sub-committees for the purpose. A separate appointments agency for the secondary pupils in their area is conducted by the education authority of Aberdeen, but I am not aware of any employment committees conducted in connection with separate schools.