HC Deb 29 March 1971 vol 814 cc307-8W
Mr. Barnes

asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications how many items of mail were found in Post Office letter boxes after the recent strike for which payment was made by the public to private letter carriers; and what general direction he has given to the Post Office about their disposal.

ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS
January, 1970 January, 1971*
Education Authority Pupils Qualified teachers† Pupil/teacher ratio Pupils Qualified teachers† Pupil/teacher ratio
BURGHS
Aberdeen … … 10,354 747.3 13.9 10,554 766.4 13.8
Dundee … … 11,019 684.5 16.1 11,160 721.3 15.5
Edinburgh … … 21,522 1,259.8 17.1 22,089 1,370.5 16.1
Glasgow … … 55,998 3,155.2 17.7 55,578 3,197.2 17.4
COUNTIES
Aberdeen … … 8,076 532.6 15.2 8,132 540.2 15.1
Angus … … 5,306 327.2 16.2 5,511 345.1 16.0
Argyll … … 3,058 191.1 16.0 3,118 192.0 16.2
Ayr … … 20,275 1,166.6 17.4 20,420 1,275.8 16.0
Banff … … 2,718 178.0 15.3 2,778 179.7 15.5
Berwick … … 1,263 92.9 13.6 1,318 101.3 13.0
Bute … … 702 49.3 14.2 721 54.5 13.2
Caithness … … 1,731 105.0 16.5 1,806 107.2 16.8
Clackmannan … … 2,564 179.0 14.3 2,688 202.5 13.3
Dumfries … … 4,850 306.0 15.8 4,935 320.9 15.4
Dunbarton … … 14,487 868.0 16.7 15,363 973.8 15.8
East Lothian … … 3,157 188.6 16.7 3,232 192.7 16.8
Fife … … 19,973 1,299.4 15.4 20,452 1,346.7 15.2
Inverness … … 5,427 322.5 16.8 5,590 351.6 15.9
Kincardine … … 1,522 109.0 14.0 1,530 114.9 13.3
Kirkcudbright … … 1,379 105.0 13.1 1,467 118.0 12.4
Lanark … … 37,824 1,905.7 19.8 40,055 2,156.7 18.6
Midlothian … … 7,359 475.6 15.5 7,929 488.7 16.2
Moray and Nairn … … 3,806 225.1 16.9 3,931 237.3 16.6
Orkney … … 1,000 70.0 14.3 1,016 72.6 14.0
Peebles … … 740 46.6 15.9 760 45.3 16.8
Perth and Kinross … … 7,039 477.4 14.7 7,379 508.9 14.5
Renfrew … … 22,729 1,125.6 20.2 23,925 1,210.4 19.8
Ross and Cromarty … … 3,716 238.0 15.6 3,880 269.9 14.4
Roxburgh … … 2,049 123.5 16.6 1,965 133.0 14.8
Selkirk … … 1,305 88.7 14.7 1,404 90.7 15.5
Stirling … … 12,015 716.6 16.8 12,472 761.2 16.4
Sutherland … … 887 72.0 12.3 927 77.8 11.9
West Lothian … … 6,575 375.9 17.5 6,992 423.1 16.5
Wigtown … … 1,944 122.7 15.8 1,935 124.6 15.5
Zetland … … 1,004 67.3 14.9 998 79.7 12.5
Total (Scotland) … … 305,373 17,997.7 17.0 314,010 19,152.2 16.4
* Provisional.
† Including full-time equivalent of part-time teachers, but excluding visiting, supply and relief teachers.

Mr. Chataway

This is a matter for the Post Office and no direction from me is required.

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