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Mrs. Mowlam
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the current pupil-teacher ratios for each of the Scottish education authorities in both primary and secondary education.
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Mr. Michael Forsyth
The provisional average pupil-teacher ratios in education authority schools at September 1988 are set out in the table.
|
Primary |
Secondary |
Borders |
17.9 |
12.3 |
Central |
20.2 |
13.3 |
Dumfries/Galloway |
18.7 |
11.6 |
Fife |
19.9 |
13.1 |
Number of schemes |
|
|
|
|
Schemes on transitional funding grant before April 1989 |
|
Schemes run by local authorities |
Schemes run by community and voluntary organisations |
Total YTS schemes |
Schemes run by local authorities |
Schemes run by community and voluntary organisations |
Total YTS schemes on transitional funding |
Borders |
4 |
— |
7 |
2 |
— |
2 |
Central |
13 |
— |
90 |
7 |
— |
8 |
Dumfries and Galloway |
7 |
— |
51 |
6 |
— |
7 |
Fife |
12 |
2 |
90 |
5 |
— |
8 |
Grampian |
7 |
1 |
36 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
Highland |
20 |
2 |
43 |
6 |
— |
7 |
Lothian |
29 |
8 |
179 |
12 |
8 |
20 |
Orkney |
3 |
— |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
Shetland |
2 |
— |
4 |
1 |
— |
1 |
Strathclyde |
94 |
8 |
605 |
56 |
2 |
67 |
Tayside |
7 |
5 |
31 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
Western Isles |
2 |
— |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
Scotland |
200 |
26 |
1,140 |
100 |
16 |
131 |
118W
|
Primary |
Secondary |
Grampian |
19.2 |
13.1 |
Highland |
18.1 |
12.2 |
Lothian |
20.0 |
12.7 |
Strathclyde |
21.3 |
12.8 |
Tayside |
19.7 |
11.6 |
Orkney |
16.1 |
10.2 |
Shetland |
13.6 |
9.5 |
Western Isles |
15.0 |
10.0 |
ALL SCOTLAND |
20.2 |
12.6 |