§ Mr. Reidasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many new Ph.D. students have enrolled at each Scottish university in the current session; and
University 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78* Aberdeen … 293 290 325 374 356 336 Dundee … 181 190 183 184 169 151 Edinburgh … 681 737 663 727 742 647 Glasgow … 462 429 475 564 501 439 Heriot-Watt … 99 124 167 208 215 155 St. Andrews … 110 103 86 84 111 96 Stirling … 81 86 96 99 158 162 Strathclyde … 481 548 591 622 684 634 Total Scotland … 2,388 2,507 2,586 2,862 2 936 2,620 * Provisional.