§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of school leavers 65W entering full-time degree courses at university in each of the years from 1982–83 to 1987–88, inclusive, and from each local education authority, including 16 subdivisions of Strathclyde; and if he will express these figures as a proportion of the number of students in s4, s5, and s6 in each authority.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythInformation in the form requested is not readily available centrally. The table shows the participation of young Scots in full-time university courses.
Under 21 Scots entrants to full-time undergraduate courses at universities in the United Kingdom Column (1) expressed as a percentage of 17 year olds the previous year (1) (2) Session 1982–83 8,000 8.5 1983–84 7,700 8.4 1984–85 7,800 8.7 1985–86 7,400 8.4 1986–87 7,400 8.5 1987–88 7,700 9.2