§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many grants have been given for postgraduate qualifications in Scotland in each year since 1979, and for what qualifications in each year.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 22 April 1991]: The information is not available in the form requested.
Overall figures for the number of awards offered to Scottish domiciled students in respect of vocational postgraduate and certain other second courses during each academic year from 1978–79 to 1987–88 are set out in table 1.
Information on the breakdown of vocational postgraduate awards by broad subject area for each year since 1988–89, which has been compiled from a different source, is set out in table 2. Similar information for earlier years is not available.
Table 1 Number 1978–79 3,085 1979–80 3,521 1980–81 3,211 1981–82 2,943 1982–83 2,853 1983–84 2,785 1984–85 2,627 1985–86 2,739 1986–87 2,892 1987–88 2,787
Table 2 1988–89 1989–90 11990–91 Legal qualifications 380 390 431 Secretarial studies 90 87 21 Art and design 92 107 114 Business studies 248 286 288 Accountancy 109 101 90 Information technology 334 353 501 Social work 141 159 1 Ministry 25 28 27 Librarianship 54 76 66 Engineering and technology 91 88 85 Teacher training 858 876 1,391 Others 281 288 253 2,703 2,839 3,267 1 Responsibility transferred to the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work.