§ Mr. Wallaceasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing (a) the total number of pupils on school rolls and (b) the pupil-teacher ratio for primary and secondary schools in each islands council area in Scotland for each academic year since 1979.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information for local authority schools is set out in the tables:
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Island authorities: Scotland 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 11986–87 Shetland 2,711 2,705 2,681 2,564 2,478 2,388 2,386 2,387 Western Isles 3,681 3,529 3,435 3,346 3,198 3,119 3,155 3,000 Scotland 545,161 518,492 492,645 467,971 448,009 437,538 435,454 433,459 Pupil/ Teacher ratios Orkney 17.3 17.2 16.9 17.2 16.7 16.0 15.9 15.8 Shetland 16.8 15.7 15.0 14.3 14.4 14.0 14.4 13.7 Western Isles 17.1 16.5 16.7 16.4 16.2 16.7 17.3 16.8 Scotland 20.3 20.3 20.3 20.4 20.3 20.4 20.4 20.4 Secondary schools Number of pupils Orkney 1,496 1,541 1,521 1,496 1,464 1,443 1,414 1,376 Shetland 1,618 1,631 1,702 1,715 1,797 1,760 1,740 1,709 Western Isles 2,549 2,727 2,777 2,752 2,793 2,732 2,639 2,583 Scotland 410,242 407,844 404,575 399,075 390,368 376,071 360,645 344,369 Pupil/Teacher ratios Orkney 13.0 13.2 12.9 12.5 12.0 12.0 11.7 11.7 Shetland 13.2 12.5 12.5 11.5 11.5 11.0 10.5 10.0 Western Isles 12.1 12.4 12.2 11.6 11.3 11.0 10.7 10.4 Scotland 14.4 14.4 14.4 14.3 14.0 13.7 13.5 13.2 1Provisional.