§ Mr. M. MacPhersonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will give the Scottish figures corresponding to the English and Welsh figures given in paragraphs 14 and 32 of the Fifth Annual Report of the Advisory Council on Scientific Policy (1951–52) Command Paper No. 8561.
§ Mr. J StuartThe Scottish figures corresponding to those given in paragraph 14 are as follows: About 33 per cent., 12 per cent. and 7 per cent. of the age groups concerned remain at school after the ages of 15, 16 and 17 respectively.
11WAs the qualifications required for teaching mathematics and science in Scotland differ from those in England I cannot give figures comparable to those in paragraph 32, but I can say that the rate of recruitment of honours graduates in mathematics or in science or in mathematics and science would require to rise from about 40 to about 80 per annum to satisfy the demand for such teachers.