§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his latest estimate of the number of teachers currently employed in primary schools and in secondary schools, respectively, who are qualified for registration with the General Teaching Council and who have failed to register.
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§ Mr. RossThe number of applications for registration received from certificated teachers—some 42,900—virtually equals the number of such teachers in service last December in the schools, in further education and in educational administration. On the information that is available from the Council, I estimate that about 4,500 of the applicants who were serving in schools at the end of the school session have not yet paid the registration fee. The payment of fees is continuing.