§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish figures to show the pupil to teacher ratio in state schools in Scotland for (a) nursery schools, (b) primary schools and (c) secondary schools as at (i) September 1981 and (ii) September 1982.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherInformation about pupil-teacher ratios in education authority primary and secondary schools at September 1981 and provisional information for September 1982 is contained in Scottish Education Department Statistical Bulletin No. 1/B1/1983 of January 1983, a copy of which was sent to the hon. Member; copies of the bulletin are also available in the Library. In education authority nursery schools the pupil—teacher ratio at September 1981 was 25.1:1 and the overall pupil—staff ratio was 6.8:1; comparable information for September 1982 is not yet available.