§ Mr. Youngerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many teachers applied for registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland in each month from December, 1967 to the latest month for which figures are available.
§ Mr. RossThe figures are given below.
Month Applicants December, 1967 … … 960 January, 1968 … … 1,700 February, 1968 … … 7,300 March, 1968 … … 11,000 April, 1968 … … 6,780 May, 1968 … … 1,420 In addition, 12,560 teachers had applied for registration before December, 1967.
§ Mr. Youngerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many teachers have paid the one pound fee for registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland in each month from Dec- 20W ember 1967 until the latest month for which figures are available.
§ Mr. RossThe figures are given below.
Month Number of Teachers December, 1967 … 3,155 January, 1968 … 2,051 February, 1968 … 2,717 March, 1968 … 5,362 April, 1968 … 11,244 May, 1968 … 5,438 In addition, 2,133 teachers had paid the fee before December 1967.
§ Mr. Youngerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many teachers who have qualified in teacher training colleges are now not employed in the teaching profession; and how many of these have applied for registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland.
§ Mr. RossThe information requested in the first part of the question is not available. The General Teaching Council is unable at present to provide the figure asked for in the second part.