HC Deb 16 December 1983 vol 50 cc605-6W
Mr. Speed

asked 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.

Mr. Allan Stewart

With 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. Speed

asked 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 Stewart

Projected 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.

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