HC Deb 07 February 1974 vol 868 cc414-5W
Mr. John Robertson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many schools in the Renfrewshire Education Authority area are under-staffed.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

By the staffing standards laid down for primary schools in the Schools (Scotland) Code, the authority are at present short of 21 teachers in 14 primary schools. By the standards for secondary schools set out in the Report "Secondary School Staffing" and recommended for achievement in 1977–78 they were short of 196 teachers in 26 secondary schools last September. Later figures are not readily available.