Current status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 4 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many hairdressing courses there have been at colleges in Scotland in each year since 2021-22, also broken down by how many students have (a) enrolled on and (b) graduated from these.
The Scottish Government does not hold this data.
The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) collect and published college data each year in the College Statistics publication.
College Statistics 2023-24 - Scottish Funding Council
Subject full-time equivalent figures (FTE) are published in background table 6, though data isn’t broken down to hairdressing individually. Detailed data on hairdressing can be requested from the SFC.