§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many extra teachers Glasgow would require to have the same pupil-teacher ratio in its primary schools as Ayrshire.
§ Mr. McElhoneAt September 1975 approximately 480 extra teachers.
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many extra teachers Ayrshire would require in its primary schools to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio to 22:1; and if he can make an assessment of the revenue and capital implications involved.
§ Mr. McElhoneReduction of the pupil-teacher ratio to 22:1 in education authority primary schools in Ayrshire in September 1975 would have required 90 extra teachers. If these additional teachers had been paid on the minimum of the basic salary scale the additional expenditure in the first year would have been about £280,000. It is not possible to make an assessment centrally of the cost of additional accommodation or its revenue consequences.