§ Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state in respect of each education authority area for 1961–62 the percentages of pupils completing the three-year secondary course before leaving school.
§ Mr. NobleThe information asked for by the hon. Member is given in the following table:
Education Authority Pupils leaving from three-year secondary courses during 1961–62 Number leaving after completing the course Total number leaving Column (b) as a percent age of Column (a) (b) (c) (c) Aberdeen 707 1,594 44.4 Angus 614 1,040 59.0 Argyll 200 532 37.6 Ayr 1,668 3,886 42.9 Banff 226 593 38.1 Berwick 95 227 41.9 Bute 44 117 37.6 Caithness 142 282 50.4 Clackmannan 298 550 54.2 Dumfries 690 1,038> 66.5 Dumbarton 763 1,783 42.8 East Lothian 283 578 49.0 Fife 3,586 3,929 91.3 Inverness 457 792 57.7 Kincardine 125 298 41.9 Kirkcudbright 129 290 44.5 Lanark 3,472 6,913 50.2 Midlothian 554 1,291 42.9 Moray and Nairn 223 566 39.4 Orkney 80 193 41.5 Peebles 82 134 61.2 Perth and Kinross 628 1,240 50.6 Renfrew 1,633 3,559 45.9 Ross and Cromarty 293 640 45.8 Roxburgh 260 508 51.2 Selkirk 109 235 46.4 Stirling 1,506 2,445 61.6 Sutherland 60 94 63.8 West Lothian 734 1,103 66.5 Wigtown 165 394 41.9 Zetland 134 204 65.7 Aberdeen Burgh 1,885 2,225 84.7 Dundee 1,523 2,406 63.3 Edinburgh 2,554 4,528 56.4 Glasgow 4,923 10,496 46.9