Mr. Ron Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of Scottish school leavers continued their education at universities and colleges in each of the years 1980–81 to 1984–85.
§ Mr. Allan StewartInformation is available from biennial school leavers' surveys. The following table
Total capital expenditure £ million 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 East Kilbride 2.8 5.8 9.3 11.3 13.4 11.8 9.5 Cumbernauld 9.8 10.9 13.7 16.5 11.7 12.9 15.3 Glenrothes 8.7 9.8 10.2 10.1 13.1 11.2 9.9 Livingston 16.3 17.8 16.3 15.0 12.0 12.8 13.9 Irvine 11.1 7.6 11.4 6.1 4.3 6.0 9.6 Total housing capital expenditure East Kilbride 0.5 1.8 3.7 7.7 8.9 7.9 6.5 Cumbernauld 6.0 5.3 6.9 9.8 6.0 4.6 7.3 Glenrothes 6.1 6.3 7.6 6.4 7.5 5.9 3.8 Livingston 10.6 10.9 8.6 8.2 4.4 4.2 5.6 Irvine 7.8 4.9 8.6 4.1 2.8 3.4 4.5
§ Dr. M. S. Millerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is (a) the total allowance of capital expenditure and (b) the allowance of capital expenditure
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£ million 1985–86 East Kilbride Cumbernauld Glenrothes Livingston Irvine Total Capital Expenditure Allocation 10.3 12.6 7.7 14.0 8.5 Housing Capital Expenditure Allocation 5.7 3.7 3.4 5.3 3.0 To be funded Net proceeds from sales 5.3 3.5 2.7 2.9 1.0 Net Capital Investment (Funded centrally through borrowing from the National Loans Fund) 0.4 0.2 0.7 2.4 2.0 shows the percentages of school leavers who, in the following spring, were in full-time further or higher education.
Session of leaving school Type of full-time education 1979–80 1981–82 1983–84* percentage percentage percentage University 7 8 n/a College of education 1 1 n/a Advanced further education 4 6 n/a Other full-time education 10 11 n/a Total full-time education 22 26 (25) * Provisional.