§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the total intake into (a) 227W universities, (b) polytechnics and (c) other maintained institutions of students who had left school in Scotland within the preceding 12 months on to courses of higher education in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively, using estimates where actuals are not yet available.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher:Information in this form is not available. The numbers of students domiciled in Scotland who entered a course of higher education at a college in Scotland within one year of leaving school in 1979, 1980 and 1981 are given in the following table. Neither actual numbers nor estimates are available for universities, or for colleges in Scotland in 1982.
1979 1980 1981 Colleges in Scotland 5,291 5,192 5,625
§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the number of school leavers from schools in Scotland who entered a course of higher education (a) at a university, (b) at a polytechnic and (c) at other maintained institutions in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively, using estimates where actuals are not available.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher:Information in this form is not available. The numbers of students domiciled in Scotland who entered a course of higher education at a United Kingdom university or a college in Scotland in 1979, 1980 or 1981 are given in the following table. Neither actual numbers nor estimates are yet available for 1982.
Numbers entering higher education 1979 1980 1981 United Kingdom universities 9,347 9,890 *9,700 Colleges in Scotland 7,560 9,062 9,828 * Estimated.