§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many teachers engaged in teaching in the counties of Angus and Kincardine have not registered with the General Teaching Council.
§ Mr. RossI would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave today to the hon. Member for Perth and East Perthshire (Mr. MacArthur).
§ Mr. MacArthurasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of teachers in each local education authority area who are eligible for registration with the General Teaching 368W Council and have not yet applied for registration.
§ Mr. RossThe figures are contained in the following table:
Education Authority Number eligible for registration who have not yet applied Number who have applied but from whom fee has not yet been received Total Burghs Aberdeen 97 50 147 Dundee 27 22 49 Edinburgh 39 31 70 Glasgow 252 199 451 Counties Aberdeen 16 12 28 Angus 20 20 40 Argyll 10 4 14 Ayr 25 27 52 Banff 14 2 16 Berwick 1 2 3 Bute 2 — 2 Caithness 2 3 5 Clackmannan 14 7 21 Dumfries 2 4 6 Dunbarton 48 42 90 East Lothian 2 — 2 Fife 59 29 88 Inverness 17 16 33 Kincardine — 3 3 Kirkcudbright — 1 1 Lanark 200 116 316 Midlothian 22 19 41 Moray and Nairn 7 1 8 Orkney — 5 5 Peebles — — — Perth and Kinross 20 10 30 Renfrew 73 29 102 Ross and Cromarty 3 3 6 Roxburgh 1 5 6 Selkirk — — — Stirling 13 17 30 Sutherland 2 5 7 West Lothian 27 13 40 Wigtown — 3 3 Zetland — — — Total (Scotland) 1,015 700 1,715 These figures are based on information provided by the General Teaching Council from lists of unregistered teachers supplied by education authorities which have been updated in the light of applications and fee payments subsequently received. They relate to the position on Monday morning, 16th December.
Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many of the 1,900 teachers in Scotland who have not registered with the General Teaching 369W Council or paid the appropriate fee are teaching in Glasgow schools.
§ Mr. RossI would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave today to the hon. Member for Perth and East Perthshire (Mr. MacArthur).