§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many pupils attend private schools in Scotland at secondary level at the latest available date; what percentage of the total number of secondary pupils in Scotland these represent; and what estimate his Department has made of what the numbers and percentages will be in 1975.
294Wchild population will be published shortly in "Education in Scotland in 1970".
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the shortage of teachers at the latest available date in local authority primary schools in Aberdeen and in Scotland.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellOn the improved staffing standards proposed in my Department's circular No. 754, nil in Aberdeen and about 800 in Scotland as a whole.