§ Mr. McTaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many pupils left Scottish schools with no formal qualifications in each of the last five years; and what percentage of the total that figure represents.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyththe table gives information on school leavers who did not hold a Scottish Certificate of Education (SCE) qualification. Some of these school leavers would have held other qualifications such as the Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE), the Scotvec National Certificate or other vocational qualifications, but the numbers involved in this category are not available.
Scottish school leavers with no SCE qualification Number Percentage of all leavers 1981–82 24,800 28 1982–83 23,800 26 1983–84 23,500 26 1984–85 21,600 25 1985–861 19,800 24 1 Provisional.