HC Deb 17 July 1990 vol 176 c523W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many Scottish students attained university entry qualification level in each of the years 1979 to 1989.

Mr. Lang

The available information was published by the Scottish Education Department in its statistical bulletins "Higher Education Projections for Scotland" (No. 7/J1/1988) and "Higher Education Projections for Scotland 1990" (No. 8/J1/1990) which are available in the Library.

Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many Scottish students went to British universities outside Scotland in each of the years 1979 to 1989.

Mr. Lang

The figures are given in the table:

Scottish domiciled undergraduate entrants1 to British universities outwith Scotland
Figures as at 31 December
Number
1979 662
1980 716
1981 655
1982 676
1983 696
1984 704
1985 730
1986 724
1987 795
1988 775
1989 n/a
1 Full-time and sandwich students.