§ Mr. Harry Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by local authority areas the number of vacancies for primary and secondary school teachers in Scotland.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherAt the beginning of the present school session education authorities had vacancies for primary and secondary school teachers as follows:
Primary Secondary Borders 2 14 Central — 34 Dumfries and Galloway — 23 Fife — 24 Grampian 24* 45 Highland 4 21 Lothian 1 71 Strathclyde — 133 Tayside — 36 Orkney — 2 Shetland 1 9 Western Isles — 7 32 419 * All subsequently filled.
§ Mr. Harry Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many teaching staff, full and part-time, including rectors and head teachers, were employed in primary and secondary schools in Scotland at the end of June 1979; and what are the figures for the same date in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherInformation about teacher numbers in education authority primary and secondary schools is collected annually as part of the September school census. Information from the 1979 census is not yet available. The numbers employed—expressed in full-time equivalent terms and including promoted staff—at September in each of the preceding five years were as follows:
Primary Secondary 1974 26,830 25,090 1975 27,750 26,360 1976 27,320 27,430 1977 26,550 27,630 1978 26,630 28,200