§ Mr. Alexander Fletcherasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the latest available figures for the number of people employed by local government in administering and servicing education in Scotland.
§ Mr. McElhoneInformation is not available in exactly the form requested.
At September 1977 the number of local authority employees in the education service in Scotland, excluding lecturers and teachers, was as follows:
1 2 3 4 Full-time Part-time Full-time equivalent Total 1+3 24,629 35,516 16,328 40,957
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcherasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the latest available figures for the number of 99W people employed in educational administration by the Scottish Education Department.
§ Mr. McElhoneThe staff in post in the Scottish Education Department—excluding the staff of the social work services group and the Royal Scottish Museum—at 1st February 1978 was 489.