§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans he has to improve standards in teaching.
§ Mr. DunnThe Government's plans are set out in the White Paper "Teaching Quality" (Cmnd. 8836). Action has already been taken to strengthen initial teacher training through the issue of rigorous criteria for the assessment of
Housing Revenue Account Non-Housng Revenue Account Year Glasgow £m Scotland £m Glasgow as a per cent of Scotland Glasgow £m Scotland £m Glasgow as a per cent of Scotland 1979–80 61,500 230,700 26.7 13,390 48,600 27.6 1980–81 62,581 231,738 27.0 14,230 59,350 24.0 1981–82 60,652 236,930 25.6 19,400 67,839 28.6 1982–83 57,659 279,637 20.6 28,662 106,590 26.9 1983–84 72,338 310,564 23.3 34,268 101,241 33.8 1984–85* 46,703 277,518 20.5 80,520 161,025 50.0 1985–86† 54,000 267,000 20.2 37,500 107,400 34.9 * gross allocations issued on 29 March 1984 † provisional gross allocations issued on 18 December 1984