§ Mr. Speedasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what latest evaluation his Department has made of the total number of students who will be in state tertiary places of education in each year from 1983 to 1993 inclusive.
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§ Mr. Allan StewartWith regard to advanced further education, I refer my hon. Friend to SED statistical bulletin No. 7/JI/1983, a copy of which is in the Library. Comparable longer-term projections are not available for non-advanced further education, but I estimate that there will be about 56,500 full-time equivalent students in each year up to 1986–87.
§ Mr. Speedasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what latest evaluation his Department has made of the total number of pupils who will be in state primary and secondary places of education, respectively, in each year from 1989 to 1993.
§ Mr. Allan StewartProjected school rolls, at September each year, for the period 1989 to 1993 are given in the table:
Projected pupil numbers in education authority primary and secondary schools in Scotland Session Primary schools Secondary schools 1989–90 433,000 289,000 1990–91 440,000 280,000 1991–92 447,000 278,000 1992–93 454,000 279,000 1993–94 462,000 282,000 The figures exclude pupils attending education authority special schools and nursery schools.
More detailed figures will be given in a Scottish Education Department statistical bulletin which it is planned to publish shortly.