§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give (a) the total number of mandatory student awards paid by his Department in each academic year since 1979 and (b) the total value of those awards in (i) cash terms and (ii) real terms based on 1987–88 prices.
§ Mr. RifkindThe value of students' maintenance allowances and tuition fees paid under the Students' Allowances Scheme and the post graduate students' allowances scheme, in cash terms, and in real terms on a constant 1986–87 base (1987–88 figures are not yet available) was as follows:
Value of awards (maintenance etc. plus tuition etc. fees) Academic year Number of students Actual At 1986–87 prices £ million £ million 1979–80 53,600 86.0 134.5 1980–81 55,583 106.8 145.1 1981–82 57,542 120.6 151.2 1982–83 57,863 99.1 116.9 1983–84 58,301 101.0 114.7
Table 1 Pupils and pupil/teacher ratios in education authority primary schools Regions 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 11986–87 Number of Pupils Borders 10,135 9,643 9,156 8,686 8,353 8,219 8,246 8,213 Central 29,737 28,559 27,258 25,850 24,897 24,287 24,158 23,754 Dumfries and Galloway 15,069 14,223 13,457 12,799 12,480 12,285 12,313 12,321 Fife 36,766 35,103 33,733 32,257 31,388 31,005 31,105 30,602 Grampian 49,831 48,352 47,128 45,767 43,827 43,274 43,156 42,941 Highland 22,000 21,275 20,568 19,822 19,460 19,168 19,290 19,394 Lothian 71,816 68,112 64,688 61,461 58,327 55,745 54,964 54,386 Strathclyde 261,721 247,143 232,691 219,231 208,934 204,311 203,521 203,337 Tayside 39,694 37,925 35,964 34,278 32,757 31,871 31,335 31,298 Pupil-Teacher Ratios Borders 18.3 18.4 18.2 18.2 17.9 18.2 17.7 18.2 Central 19.7 19.5 19.1 18.6 18.7 18.9 19.3 20.4 Dumfries and Galloway 19.2 19.1 19.2 19.4 19.1 19.1 19.3 19.1 Fife 21.0 20.7 20.6 20.4 19.9 20.1 20.2 20.2 Grampian 19.0 18.9 18.9 19.0 18.8 19.4 19.3 19.4 Highland 19.1 19.1 19.1 19.0 18.9 18.8 18.7 18.8 Lothian 18.9 18.5 18.6 19.8 19.9 20.1 20.2 20.1 Strathclyde 21.4 21.6 21.6 21.6 21.6 21.6 21.6 21.5 Tayside 20.3 20.8 20.6 20.6 20.5 20.3 20.2 20.0 1 Provisional. 200W
Pupils and Pupil/Teacher ratios in Education Authority Secondary Schools Regions 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–871 Number of pupils Borders 7,351 7,411 7,423 7,501 7,417 7,140 6,907 6,684 Central 22,236 22,283 22,209 21,910 21,479 20,866 20,120 19,300 Dumfries and Galloway 11,403 11,611 11,838 11,814 11,569 11,181 10,747 10,204 Fife 26,624 26,792 26,847 26,665 26,194 25,208 24,371 23,606 Grampian 34,471 34,444 34,603 34,866 35,366 34,635 34,216 33,247 Highland 16,113 16,128 16,119 16,021 15,958 15,629 15,183 14,853 Lothian 52,720 52,316 51,515 50,240 48,981 47,685 45,415 43,328 Strathclyde 203,995 201,712 198,957 195,428 189,219 180,499 171,505 162,258 Tayside 29,666 29,248 29,064 28,667 28,131 27,293 26,388 25,221
Value of awards (maintenance etc. plus tuition etc. fees) Academic Year Number of students Actual At 1986–87 prices £ million £ million 1984–85 59,931 99.4 107.7 1985–86 58,384 99.5 102.6 1986–87 159,117 1102.2 102.2 1 Provisional. Notes:
(1) In session 1982–83 the rate of tuition fees was reduced.
(2) 1986–87 price equivalents are based on the average GDP deflator for the first quarter of each year (mid-academic: session).