§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, pursuant to the reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, West (Lord James Douglas-Hamilton) on 2 July, Official Report, column 540, he will give figures for Scotland of the number of people and a percentage between 16 and 21 years in higher education domiciled in Scotland and excluding those normally resident elsewhere in the United Kingdom or overseas.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information is shown in the following table for the age group 16 to 20: information for the age group 16 to 21 is not readily available.
Scottish domiciled students aged 16 to 20 in fill-time higher education in the United Kingdom Population ages 16–20 Students Per cent. 000's 000's 1979–80 440 36.5 8.3 1980–81 445 38.7 8.7 1981–82 457 39.9 8.7 1982–83 457 41.0 9.0 1983–84 454 41.7 9.2 1984–85 453 41.9 9.2 Notes:
1. Students aged as at 31 December.
2. Domicile is defined by where a student is normally resident outwith term time: Scottish domiciled students therefore exclude those normally resident elsewhere in the United Kingdom or overseas.
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§ Mr. RifkindThe mean waiting times (in days) for all in-patient treatment up to 1984 (the latest year for which statistics are available) were as follows: