HC Deb 22 March 1994 vol 240 c191W
Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current pupil-teacher ratio in(a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools, by regional council area.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Provisional information for September 1993 is given in the table.

Pupil-teacher ratios in education authority schools, September 1993
Primary schools Secondary schools Special schools
Scotland 19.5 12.8 4.5
Borders 18.4 12.5 2.8
Central 20.4 13.4 4.5
Dumfries and Galloway 18.6 12.3 1.9
Fife 19.3 13.5 3.6
Grampian 19.1 13.0 4.7
Highland 17.4 12.2 4.7
Lothian 20.0 12.9 5.0
Strathclyde 20.1 13.0 4.6
Tayside 19.4 12.3 4.3
Orkney 14.8 10.8 3.9
Shetland 12.4 9.0 3.7
Western Isles 14.2 9.6 5.3