HC Deb 02 August 1966 vol 733 cc73-5W
Mr. David Steel

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many graduates have left the teaching profession in Scotland to take posts in industry and to take teaching posts, respectively, outside Scotland during each of the years 1945 to 1965.

Mr. Ross

This information is not available.

Mr. David Steel

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of uncertificated teachers employed by each local education authority at the most recent convenient date, the percentage these figures represent of the total number of teachers employed and the number of vacant teaching posts in each education authority area.

Mr. Ross

The following table shows the position as at 13th September, 1965:

Number of Uncertificated Teachers Number of Uncertificated Teachers as percentage of total number of Teachers Number of Teachers required to fill unfilled posts
Counties
Aberdeen 84 6.6
Angus 14 2.0 9
Argyll 13 2.9 17
Ayr 317 11.6 37
Banff 13 3.1 9
Berwick 6 3.0 10
Bute 4 3.9 1
Caithness 27 10.5 4
Clackmannan 47 12.9
Dumfries 49 7.1 7
Dunbarton 79 4.9 72
East Lothian 17 4.1 5
Fife 180 6.9 6
Inverness 35 4.4 10
Kincardine 6 2.7 1
Kirkcudbright 5 1.9 2
Lanark 526 12.0 41
Midlothian 11 1.1
Moray and Nairn 21 4.3 5
Orkney 5 2.8
Peebles
Perth and Kinross 41 3.9 30
Renfrew 251 10.0 72
Ross and Cromarty 29 5.0 7
Roxburgh 22 7.1
Selkirk 4 2.6 4
Stirling 107 70 18
Sutherland 7 4.1 8
West Lothian 56 6.8 21
Wigtown 14 5.2 10
Zetland 7 4.0 6
Burghs
Aberdeen 46 2.8
Dundee 124 8.3 37
Edinburgh 130 4.5
Glasgow 453 6.3 854
Total (Scotland) 2,750 6.9 1,303

Mr. David Steel

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many men teachers were in service in Scotland on 30th June 1966; and how many were in the pensions scheme for widows and children, voluntary and compulsory, respectively.

Mr. Ross

About 17,000, of whom 4,992 have elected to join the scheme and 2,433 are compulsorily included.

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