§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the number of school pupils from each local education authority area who benefit from the provisions of the assisted places scheme during the current academic year.
§ Mr. John MacKayPupils at participating schools may come from outwith the area of the education authority in which the schools are located but the number of places currently taken up at schools situated in each local authority area is set out in the table.
Area Number of assisted pupils Borders — Central 55 Dumfries and Galloway 16 Fife 22 Grampian 99 Highland 43 Lothian 1,045 Orkney — Shetland — Stratchclyde 841 Tayside 459 Western Isles — Scotland 2,580