§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a further statement of his policy in regard to the sale of council houses to sitting tenants, in light of his recent circular to local authorities on the need to make greater provision for owner-occupation.
724WNational figures for secondary pupils for the years 1970–1974 are as follows:
Year Grade Subject Presentations Passes Number Per cent. 1970 O 246,702 184,768 74.9 H 104,966 76,583 73.0 1971 O 262,748 195,361 74.4 H 114,377 81,821 71.5 1972 O 289,253 211,679 73.2 H 123,520 86,069 69.7 1973 O 312,646 220,501 70.5 H 129,924 88,530 68.1 1974 O 375,620 232,751 62.0 H 133,068 86,686 65.1 Banding of awards in the Ordinary grade examination was introduced in 1973. The figures given for passes in 1973 and 1974 are on the basis that awards in bands A-C are the equivalent of pass awards in previous years. A further 73,867 presentations in 1973 and 106,234 presentations in 1974 resulted in awards in bands D or E.
The information sought in the last part of the Question is not available.