§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing each Scottish education authority and the date on which each starts its post-Christmas term.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe information for session 1973–74 is as follows:
Education Authority Date Burghs Aberdeen 7–1–74 Dundee 7–1–74 Edinburgh 7–1–74 Glasgow 7–1–74 Counties Aberdeen 7–1–74 Angus 7–1–74 Argyll 7–1–74 Ayr 4–1–74 Banff 7–1–74 Berwick 3–1–74 BUTE: Arran 4–1–74 Bute 7–1–74 Cumbrae 3–1–74 Caithness 3–1–74 Clackmannan 7–1–74 Dumfries 7–1–74 Dunbarton 7–1–74 East Lothian 3–1–74 Fife 7–1–74 Inverness 3–1–74 Kincardine 7–1–74 Kirkcudbright 7–1–74 Lanark 4–1–74 Midlothian 7–1–74 Moray and Nairn 3–1–74 Orkney 7–1–74 Peebles 3–1–74 Perth and Kinross 7–1–74 Renfrew 7–1–74 Ross and Cromarty 3–1–74 Roxburgh 7–1–74 Selkirk 7–1–74 Stirling 7–1–74 Sutherland 8–1–74 West Lothian 7–1–74 Wigtown 7–1–74 Zetland 3–1–74
§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will pub- 682W lish the names of those local education authorities in Scotland which are below the quota for the pupil-teacher ratio by more than 1 per cent.; by what amount they fall below that level; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe results of the autumn census of teachers and pupils will not be available for several weeks yet.