§ Mr. Wattasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many pupils aged 15 years and over stayed on voluntarily at school during the period September 1962 to September 1972.
§ Mr. McElhoneThe following table shows the number of pupils aged 15 and
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Number of Contracts Placed Apartment sizes Total number of houses Total expenditure 2 3 4 5 6 1971— £ East Kilbride … 2 58 134 446 129 — 767 3,881,679 Glenrothes … — — — — — — — — Cumbernauld … 4 14 376 314 368 — 1,062 6,021,095 Livingston … 2 18 30 222 22 — 292 1,460,670 Irvine … 1 — 339 197 144 — 680 7,515,343 Total … 9 90 879 1,179 663 — 2,811 18,878,787 1972— £ East Kilbride … 2 45 64 248 206 — 563 4,541,918 Glenrothes … — — — — — — — — Cumbernauld … 2 50 67 362 227 — 706 4,210,787 Livingston … 7 105 363 427 331 — 1,226 7,475,404 Irvine … 1 8 40 218 259 — 525 5,368,203 Total … 12 208 534 1,255 1,023 — 3,020 21,596,312 1973— £ East Kilbride … 4 103 230 692 184 25 1,234 11,908,359 Glenrothes … 2 62 254 196 14 30 556 3,988,671 Cumbernauld … 2 5 48 171 164 48 436 3,167,160 Livingston … 4 68 195 392 99 62 816 6,425,218 Irvine … 1 — — 74 115 9 198 2,319,228 Total … 13 238 727 1,525 576 174 3,240 27,808,636 over in attendance annually at education authority schools—excluding special schools—from session 1962–63 to 1971–72. The figures are taken at January of each session. The totals include some 15year-old pupils who did not have the opportunity to leave school because a Christmas leaving date was not operated in their area.
1962–63 52,942 1963–64 60,396 1964–65 61,248 1965–66 61,618 1966–67 62,913 1967–68 68,065 1968–69 72,892 1969–70 77,422 1970–71 81,589 1971–72 85,490