§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a list of colleges in the Lothian region, both local authority and Scottish Education Depart-
8Number of students Colleges Full-time Full-time (sandwich) Full-time equivalent of all students* Maximum student capacity Number of teaching staff Local authority colleges Esk Valley College, Dalkeith 285 — 733 Not available Not available Napier College of Commerce and Technology 1,963 995 3,642 — — Oatridge Agricultural College 33 — 169 — — Stevenson College of Further Education 1,020 — 1,908 — — Telford College of Further Education 826 — 2,186 — — West Lothian College of Further Education 296 — 942 — — Central Institutions Edinburgh College of Art 769 — 769 965 92† Leith Nautical College 487 43 795 500 63† Queen Margaret College 828 — 833 1,000 111† Colleges of Education Craiglockhart College of Education 215 — 215‡ 300 34& sect; Dunfermline College of Physical Education 461 — 461‡ 500 71§ Moray House College of Education 1,454 — 1,454‡ 2,200 222§ * Part-time students are equated to full-time students by the application of certain standard equivalence factors which take account of the duration of courses. Whereas at Leith Nautical College—the length of courses other than full-time courses varies significantly from that used in determining the standard equivalence factors, the total of full-time equivalent students may be artificially high. † Whole-time staff on 29 September 1978, is those employed for the whole day on the day of the census. ‡ Excludes a significant number of students who took in-service training courses. § At 1 January 1979.