§ 80. Mr. James Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many teachers in Lanarkshire have registered; how many have provisionally registered; how many have still to register; what action he intends to take with the unregistered teachers; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RossThe education authority have informed me that, of their complement of 4,656 teachers in schools, 3,933 have registered or registered conditionally, 155 have applied for registration, 355 are ineligible for registration and the position of the remaining 213 is still under investigation.
Unregistered teachers fall to be dealt with by the authority in accordance with the provisions of the Schools (Scotland) Code.
§ 83. Mr. MacArthurasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many qualified teachers actively engaged in teaching have not yet registered with the General Teaching Council.
§ Mr. RossThis information is not yet available from education authorities but I hope to have it shortly.