Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Youth Employment - Dec 6

Thursday, 7 December 2017 09:11

David Linden (Glasgow East) (SNP):...The hon. Member for Ochil and South Perthshire mentioned colleges. The reality is that the SNP Scottish Government have stuck to their manifesto commitment to provide 116,000 college places; I very much welcome that. On the number of people from deprived backgrounds who go on to university, UCAS figures show that, despite a small decrease in the number of acceptances among people from the 60% most deprived backgrounds, the number of acceptances...Request free trial