§ Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of the school population in Scotland received a post-primary education of at least three years in the individual years 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 and to the nearest available date; and if he will list the individual counties in Scotland, with percentages.
§ Mr. RossThe following table shows the percentages of pupils leaving education authority schools in each year who had completed stage SIII or beyond.
Percentage Year ending June, 1960 … … 63.3 Year ending June, 1961 … … 64.2 Year ending June, 1962 … … 61.4 Year ending June, 1963 … … 65.6 Year ending June, 1964 … … 73.8 Year ending June, 1965 … … 76.3 Year ending June, 1966 … … 78.1 Corresponding percentages for each education authority for the year ending June 1966 are given below. Statistics for individual authorities for earlier years are not readily available.
Education Authority Counties Percentage Aberdeen … … 78.4 Angus … … 74.3 Argyll … … 70.3 Ayr … … 62.8 Banff … … 67.5 Berwick … … 73.6 Bute … … 66.5 Caithness … … 65.7 Clackmannan … … 93.1 Dumfries … … 97.5 Dunbarton … … 65.3 East Lothian … … 72.4 Fife … … 95.2 Inverness … … 86.7 Kincardine … … 84.1 Kirkcudbcenter … … 81.5 Lanark … … 76.8 Midlothian … … 81.0 Moray and Nairn … … 85.1 Orkney … … 75.4 Peebles … … 78.0 Perth and Kinross … … 79.8 Renfrew … … 82.3 Ross and Cromarty … … 68.9 Roxburgh … … 82.4 Selkirk … … 83.1 Stirling … … 92.5 Sutherland … … 88.0 West Lothian … … 73.2 Wigtown … … 80.5 Zetland … … 93.5 Cities Aberdeen … … 89.9 Dundee … … 79.2 Edinburgh … … 82.2 Glasgow … … 71.5