§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT figures showing the number of pupils per certificated teacher,
TEACHER/PUPIL RATIONS IS EDUCATION AUTHORITY PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DEPARTMENTS (Based on the number of full-time certificated teachers in post in September, 1965, and the average number of pupils over the session as a whole.) Primary Departments Secondary Departments Education Authority Pupils Teachers Ratio Pupils Teachers Ratio Counties Aberdeen … … 17,234 617 1:27.9 7,613 554 1:13.7 Angus … … 9,882 369 1:26.8 4,800 306 1:15.7 Argyll … … 5,806 259 1:22.4 2,818 182 1:15.5 Ayr … … 40,975 1,263 1:32.4 18,203 1,092 1:16.7 Banff … … 5,429 202 1:26.9 2,655 206 1:12.9 Berwick … … 2,326 104 1:22.4 1,136 90 1:12.6 Bute … … 1,221 48 1:25.4 666 50 1:13.3 Caithness … … 3,724 133 1:28.0 1,574 96 1:16.4 Clackmannan … … 4,934 165 1:29.9 2,236 148 1:15.1 Dumfries … … 9,993 326 1:30.7 4,642 306 1:15.2 Dunbarton … … 26,104 825 1:31.6 11,610 699 1:16.6 East Lothian … … 6,311 206 1:30.6 2,748 182 1:15.1 Fife … … 35,811 1,127 1:31.8 18,745 1,261 1:14.9 Inverness … … 9,959 434 1:22.9 4,975 318 1:15.6 Kincardine … … 2,850 115 1:24.8 1,535 101 1:15.2 Kirkcudbright … … 3,288 135 1:24.4 1,415 117 1:12.1 Lanark … … 77,278 2,031 1:38.0 33,728 1,752 1:19.3 Midlothian … … 14,846 523 1:28.4 6,204 439 1:14.1 Moray and Nairn … … 6,930 244 1:28.4 3,504 219 1:16.0 Orkney … … 1,965 95 1:20.7 1,005 77 1:13.1 Peebles … … 1,334 52 1:25.7 652 49 1:13.3 Perth and Kinross … … 13,252 521 1:25.4 6,689 478 1:14.0 Renfrew … … 42,667 1,211 1:35.2 18,711 985 1:19.0 Ross and Cromarty … … 6,734 296 1:22.8 3,422 258 1:13.3 Roxburgh … … 4,438 146 1:30.4 1,872 141 1:13.3 Selkirk … … 2,103 72 1:29.2 1,254 78 1:16.1 Stirling … … 23,352 744 1:31.4 11,029 651 1:16.9 Sutherland … … 1,468 76 1:19.3 809 82 1:9.9 West Lothian … … 12,904 405 1:31.9 5,660 353 1:16.0 Wigtown … … 3,410 122 1:28.0 1,840 126 1:14.6 Zetland … … 1,716 88 1:19.5 1,084 81 1:13.4 Burghs Aberdeen … … 19,244 816 1:23.6 9,348 717 1:13.0 Dundee … … 21,587 640 1:33.7 10,019 666 1:15.0 Edinburgh … … 43,767 1,431 1:30.6 18,675 1,191 1:15.7 Glasgow … … 116,222 3,208 1:36.2 53,974 3,215 1:16.8 Total Scotland … … 601,054 19,049 1:31.6 276,850 17,266 1:16.0