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Mr. Ron Brown
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of Scottish school leavers continued their education at universities and colleges in each of the years 1980–81 to 1984–85.
Mr. Allan Stewart
Information is available from biennial school leavers' surveys. The following table
| Total capital expenditure | |||||||
| £ million | |||||||
| 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | |
| East Kilbride | 2·8 | 5·8 | 9·3 | 11·3 | 13·4 | 11·8 | 9·5 |
| Cumbernauld | 9·8 | 10·9 | 13·7 | 16·5 | 11·7 | 12·9 | 15·3 |
| Glenrothes | 8·7 | 9·8 | 10·2 | 10·1 | 13·1 | 11·2 | 9·9 |
| Livingston | 16·3 | 17·8 | 16·3 | 15·0 | 12·0 | 12·8 | 13·9 |
| Irvine | 11·1 | 7·6 | 11·4 | 6·1 | 4·3 | 6·0 | 9·6 |
| Total housing capital expenditure | |||||||
| East Kilbride | 0·5 | 1·8 | 3·7 | 7·7 | 8·9 | 7·9 | 6·5 |
| Cumbernauld | 6·0 | 5·3 | 6·9 | 9·8 | 6·0 | 4·6 | 7·3 |
| Glenrothes | 6·1 | 6·3 | 7·6 | 6·4 | 7·5 | 5·9 | 3·8 |
| Livingston | 10·6 | 10·9 | 8·6 | 8·2 | 4·4 | 4·2 | 5·6 |
| Irvine | 7·8 | 4·9 | 8·6 | 4·1 | 2·8 | 3·4 | 4·5 |
Dr. M. S. Miller
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is (a) the total allowance of capital expenditure and (b) the allowance of capital expenditure
| £ million 1985–86 | |||||
| East Kilbride | Cumbernauld | Glenrothes | Livingston | Irvine | |
| Total Capital Expenditure Allocation | 10·3 | 12·6 | 7·7 | 14·0 | 8·5 |
| Housing Capital Expenditure Allocation | 5·7 | 3·7 | 3·4 | 5·3 | 3·0 |
| To be funded | |||||
| Net proceeds from sales | 5·3 | 3·5 | 2·7 | 2·9 | 1·0 |
| Net Capital Investment (Funded centrally through borrowing from the National Loans Fund) | 0·4 | 0·2 | 0·7 | 2·4 | 2·0 |
shows the percentages of school leavers who, in the following spring, were in full-time further or higher education.
Session of leaving school
| |||
Type of full-time education
| 1979–80
| 1981–82
| 1983–84 *
|
percentage
| percentage
| percentage
| |
| University | 7 | 8 | n/a |
| College of education | 1 | 1 | n/a |
| Advanced further education | 4 | 6 | n/a |
| Other full-time education | 10 | 11 | n/a |
| Total full-time education | 22 | 26 | (25) |
* Provisional. | |||