HC Deb 27 November 1974 vol 882 cc161-2W
Mrs. Bain

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many part-time educational psychologists are employed by each Scottish education authority;

(2) how many full-time educational psychologists are employed in each Scottish education authority.

Mr. William Ross

At July 1974 the numbers of full-time and part-time educational psychologists employed by each Scottish education authority were as follows:

Education Authority Full-time Part-time
Aberdeen Burgh 7
Dundee 6 2
Edinburgh 15
Glasgow 34 12
Aberdeen County 7
Angus 2
Argyll 2
Ayr 13
Banff 1
Caithness 1
Clackmannan 2
Dunbarton 11
East Lothian 1
Fife 13
Inverness 1
Kirkcudbright 5
Lanark 27
Midlothian 4 2
Moray and Nairn 1
Orkney 1 1
Perth and Kinross 4 1
Renfrew 18 2
Ross and Cromarty 2
Stirling 9
Sutherland 1
West Lothian 5
Wigtown 1
Zetland 1
Western Isles* 1
TOTAL 196 20
* One full-time psychologist serves those parts of Ross-shire and Inverness-shire in the Western Isles.