How many college places were available in welding in the current academic year compared to the previous four academic years.

The latest figures on students studying welding at colleges are for 2010-11.
Table 1a: The Total Number of Students Studying Welding in Scotland’s Colleges by Institution: 2006-07 to 2010-11 (Headcount).
College
Headcount
2010-11
2009-10
2008-09
2007-08
2006-07
Aberdeen College
32
35
14
12
26
Adam Smith College
156
146
126
130
99
Angus College
83
84
72
87
73
Anniesland College
140
105
47
40
57
Banff and Buchan College of Further Education
196
159
121
206
177
Barony College
18
11
2
8
0
Borders College
0
0
5
2
9
Carnegie College
224
205
105
92
61
Clydebank College
0
0
0
43
101
Cumbernauld College
31
47
39
14
18
Dumfries and Galloway College
0
0
9
43
26
Dundee College
132
112
163
164
88
Edinburgh's Telford College
42
24
26
22
34
Elmwood College
0
18
36
59
31
Forth Valley College
21
24
61
67
62
Inverness College
63
113
127
120
93
James Watt College of Further & Higher Education
0
10
12
0
0
Jewel and Esk College
24
44
46
60
81
Kilmarnock College
49
42
61
99
123
Langside College
0
0
14
0
0
Lews Castle College
22
31
17
20
58
Motherwell College
162
138
269
231
175
North Glasgow College
28
58
68
96
108
North Highland College
13
7
18
25
42
Oatridge College
0
0
30
33
0
Orkney College
0
2
5
0
0
Perth College
0
0
16
24
20
Reid Kerr College
36
55
58
31
57
Stevenson College Edinburgh
3
18
10
10
11
Total
1,475
1,488
1,577
1,738
1,630
Source: Scottish Funding Council.
Table 1b: The Total Number of Students Studying Welding in Scotland’s Colleges by Institution: 2006-07 to 2010-11 (Full Time Equivalent).
College
FTEs
2010-11
2009-10
2008-09
2007-08
2006-07
Aberdeen College
7
6
5
4
5
Adam Smith College
78
80
66
81
60
Angus College
22
15
19
19
14
Anniesland College
72
34
15
17
21
Banff and Buchan College of Further Education
43
34
24
29
37
Barony College
0
0
0
0
0
Borders College
0
0
0
0
0
Carnegie College
103
124
64
56
39
Clydebank College
0
0
0
9
27
Cumbernauld College
28
31
32
6
11
Dumfries and Galloway College
0
0
0
1
1
Dundee College
41
52
42
40
20
Edinburgh's Telford College
20
7
18
14
27
Elmwood College
0
1
2
2
1
Forth Valley College
11
12
28
32
33
Inverness College
39
52
84
88
78
James Watt College of Further & Higher Education
0
1
1
0
0
Jewel and Esk College
1
4
14
23
12
Kilmarnock College
15
8
11
12
16
Langside College
0
0
7
0
0
Lews Castle College
15
9
15
6
19
Motherwell College
59
56
96
84
73
North Glasgow College
8
20
27
29
20
North Highland College
1
0
1
1
3
Oatridge College
0
0
1
1
0
Orkney College
0
0
0
0
0
Perth College
0
0
1
1
1
Reid Kerr College
8
11
11
13
28
Stevenson College Edinburgh
0
1
0
0
0
Total
570
556
585
571
545
Source: Scottish Funding Council.
Note: Places for welding are not set in advance by the Scottish Government or the Scottish Funding Council; this is a decision for individual colleges.