HC Deb 09 December 1991 vol 200 c299W
Mr. Dewar

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the Scottish total of degrees and higher diplomas awarded per 100 of relevant age group in Scotland on the same basis as used in figure C on page 4 of "Higher Education: Meeting the Challenge" (Cm. 114).

Mr. Alan Howarth

In 1988–89, on the same basis as used in figure C on page 4 of "Higher Education: Meeting the Challenge", it is estimated that 26 per cent. of the appropriate age group in the United Kingdom, and 31 per cent. of the age group in Scotland, achieved first degrees or other undergraduate higher education qualifications.