§ Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many further education or technical colleges have been built since 1960; and what has been the increase of students, male and female, in each year to the nearest available date.
§ Mr. Ross:Twenty-four new education authority colleges have been built since 1960 and one central institution has been completely replaced. Between sessions 1959–60 and 1968–69 the number of day students increased by over 43,000.
The following table gives the increase in each year.
FURTHER EDUCATION CENTRES AND CENTRAL INSTITUTIONS, SCOTLAND FULL-TIME AND DAY/BLOCK RELEASE COURSES Increase in number of Students over previous Session Session Men Women Total 1960–61 … Separate figures for men and women not available 2,268 1961–62 … 5,857* 1962–63 … 3,852 1963–64 … 4,942† 1964–65 … 5,208‡ 1965–66 … 900 1966–67 … 5,860 1,133 6,993 1967–68 … 4,379 1,165 5,544 1968–69 … 5,625 2,210 7,835 *Last year in which former Royal College of Science and Technology included. † Last year in which former Scottish College of Commerce included. ‡ Last year in which Heriot-Watt included.