HC Deb 06 May 1963 vol 677 cc22-3W
Mr. Lawson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT, arranged according to industry, the number of girls, aged 15, 16, 17 and 18 years of age, respectively, released by their employers to attend courses for part-time education during each of the years 1957–58.

Mr. Noble

The number of girls released from employment to attend courses of part-time further education is shown in the following table; separate figures for each industry are not available.

Year Girls aged
15 16 17 18
1957–58 754 1,083 978 311
1958–59 852 1,056 1,003 405
1959–60 765 1,138 1,037 455
1960–61 713 1,172 1,168 529
1961–62 849 1,166 1,211 602

Mr. Lawson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of boys and girls, respectively, under 18 years of age, attending for further education at evening classes, during each of the years from 1957–58; and if he will arrange those figures according to the subject being studied.

Mr. Noble

The numbers of boys and girls under 18 years of age who attended evening courses of further education (excluding those released by their employers in working hours) were as follows:

Year Number of students under 18 years of age
Boys Girls
1957–58 27,058 23,073
1958–59 29,433 27,281
1959–60 29,688 28,382
1960–61 29,093 28,131
1961–62 28,936 28,401

The total number of students attending evening courses in each subject is given in Table 14 of "Education in Scotland in 1962" (Cmnd. 1975), but information is not available about the age and sex of the students in each subject.