§ Mr. Patrick Maitlandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the average ratio of children per teacher in primary and secondary schools, respectively, of each of the Scottish education authorities.
§ Mr. J. StuartThe pupil-teacher ratios in Scottish primary and secondary departments in 1954 were as shown in the following table:
Education Authority Primary Dept. (excluding Nursery) Secondary Dept. Aberdeen … 23.6 14.2 Dundee … 29.5 13.8 Edinburgh … 29.0 15.5 Glasgow … 33.3 16.0 Aberdeenshire … 25.2 14.8 Angus … 28.1 15.0 Argyll … 22.6 15.4 Ayr … 28.6 15.2 Banff … 24.7 13.5 Berwick … 23.1 14.2 Bute … 28.2 15.8 Caithness … 21.5 16.7 Clackmannan … 29.6 13.5 Dumfries … 29.5 16.5 Dunbarton … 35.5 17.7 East Lothian … 29.5 14.0 Fife … 29.9 15.3 Inverness … 21.6 16.3 Kincardine … 29.5 13.5 Kirkcudbright … 24.0 13.2 Lanark … 34.6 16.1 Midlothian … 27.4 14.6 Moray and Nairn … 27.6 15.6 Orkney … 23.4 18.0 Peebles … 22.5 13.8 Perth and Kinross … 26.9 16.0 Renfrew … 33.8 15.9 Ross and Cromarty … 19.8 15.8 Roxburgh … 25.4 16.0 Selkirk … 26.3 16.5 Stirling … 30.2 14.5 Sutherland … 16.2 12.5 West Lothian … 30.1 18.1 Wigtown … 26.7 16.6 Zetland … 18.4 14.2