HC Deb 25 July 1990 vol 177 cc322-3W
Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of vocational qualifications awarded in 1974 and for every year since 1979.

Mr. Lang

The full information requested is not available centrally. The relevant information available covers first degrees and advanced level diplomas awarded to students following full-time or sandwich courses at Scottish universities and colleges. The figures are given below.

Year Number
1981 14,658
1982 15,102
1983 16,493
1984 17,099
1985 17,246
1986 17,408
1987 17,447
1988 18,025
1989 18,316

Scottish Development Agency

Analysis of grant-in-aid

Development funding and grants expenditure 1981–82 to 1989–90

District 1981–82 £'000 1982–83 £'000 1983–84 £'000 1984–85 £'000 1985–86 £'000 1986–87 £'000 1987–88 £'000 1988–89 £'000 11989–90 £'000
Strathclyde 306 3,677 6,555 3,467 10,571 9,076 17,884 9,436
Argyll and Bute 7 38
Dumbarton 51 43 25 43 207
Clydebank 8 153 554 149 2 61
Bearsden and Milngavie
Strathkelvin 21 45 31 70
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 30 1 15 25 49 13 306
Monklands 17 108 89 117 50 79
Glasgow City 281 3,299 6,060 2,053 7,511 6,748 16,082 5,934
Renfrew 70 90 536 30 181 749
Inverclyde 28 42 24 250 476 446 469
Cunninghame 25 201 85 563 422 548 182 277
Kilmarnock and Louden 25 25 25 29 25 37
Eastwood
EastKilbride 20 5 30 22 19 63
Hamilton 39 91 133
Motherwell 12 68 294 398 482 303 472
Clydesdale 113 128 15 17 45 130
Cumnock and Doon Valley 7 13 25 33 23 32
Kyle and Carrick 5 26 13 517 16 16 72
Strathclyde Composite 47 110 251 325 307
Dumfries and Galloway 62 370 141 52 110 196 146
Wigtown 62 365 130 22 30 95 72
Stewartry 10 28 9
Nithsdale 1 25 55 39 37
Annandale and Eskdale 5 1 7
Dumfries and Galloway Composite 5 10 5 10 33 21
Borders 59 121 261 64 52
Tweeddale
Ettrick and Lauderdale 115 142 53 36
Berwickshire 6 119 9 4
Roxburgh 59 10
Borders Composite 2 2
Lothian 460 325 703 572 1,729 682 2,023
West Lothian 45 45 481 319 182 77 218
Edinburgh City 365 280 205 191 1,357 466 1,463
Midlothian 31 32 14 83
East Lothian 17 118 24 58
Lothian Composite 50 31 40 101 201
Central 79 393 162 101 451 241 851
Stirling 50 350 15 48 127 35 334
Clackmannan 147 53 276 24 327
Falkirk 29 43 45 121 145
Central Composite 3 61 45
Fife 25 82 14 237 561 235 226
North East Fife 55 27 21 57
Kirkcaldy 25 22 40 478 115 98
Dunfermline 130 30 70 11
Fife Composite 60 14 12 26 29 60
Tayside 481 782 478 1,537 1,029 337 1,049
Angus 452 566 19 103 83 23 40
Perth and Kinross 51 59 182 4 98
Dundee City 29 216 408 1,375 764 308 852
Tayside Composite 2 59

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