§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the percentage of boys and girls, and the total of young people in Scotland of statutory leaving age who (a) remained at school, (b) entered full-time or sandwich further education, (c) entered employment with part-time day further education, (d) were unemployed, and (e) were employed, but not on part-time day courses, at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information requested is given in the following table. It relates to those school pupils who reached their sixteenth birthday between October 1977 and September 1978 except for a small number of those shown at item iv who might be slightly older.
because their parents receive supplementary benefit or family income supplement;
(2) if he will list the cost and the number of schoolchildren receiving free school transport because they live beyond the statutory walking distance in each of the regional council areas of Scotland, distinguishing between primary and secondary pupils;
(3) if he will list the cost and the number of schoolchildren receiving free school transport and living within the statutory walking distance in each of the regional council areas in Scotland, distinguishing between primary and secondary pupils.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherNone of this information is held centrally.