§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the designated schools in Ayrshire; and if he will make a statement on his plans relating to the number of designated schools.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellCumnock Academy and Dalmellington High School. The number of schools designated under the second scheme of designation of schools of teacher shortage depends partly on the size of the national quota of posts fixed for the purposes of the scheme and partly on how each education authority uses the quota for its area. The national quota of posts has been approved by the Scottish Teachers Salaries Committee for the three years to August 1974. Some authorities have not, however, taken up the quotas for their areas and I am considering whether any redistribution of these posts might be possible.