§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the percentage of pupils remaining at school beyond the statutory leaving age in each region and island authority in the latest available year.
24Wment area in Scotland; and how this Mr. Ernie Ross asked the Secretary of compares with a year ago.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher:The information is set out in the table below:
Dundee; and if he will make a statement on the future of assistance under such schemes.
The following tables show the percentage of education authority secondary school pupils, aged 16, who stayed on voluntarily beyond the statutory leaving age at September 1979.
Authority Percentages Borders 40.0 Central 36.6 Dumfries and Galloway 34.2 Fife 33.4 Grampian 40.5 Highland 44.4 Lothian 39.2 Strathclyde 37.3 Tayside 39.8 Orkney 42.7 Shetland 38.3 Western Isles 44.2 Notes: 1. Age is measured at 1 January 1980. 2. The percentages are derived by relating the numbers of 16-year-olds staying on voluntarily to the equivalent group of 13-year-old school pupils as at September 1976.