§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many extra teachers would be required to reduce the average class size in Glasgow primary schools to 30, 25 and 20.
§ Mr. McElhoneThis information is not available centrally without special analysis of the school census data.
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many teachers in the secondary and primary sectors are over the age of 65 years;
(2) how many teachers are between the ages of 60 years and 65 years.
§ Mr. McElhoneAt September 1974 the latest date for which information has been analysed there were 390 full-time teachers in education authority primary and secondary schools who by 31st December 1974 would have reached their 65th birthday; and 2,101 full-time teachers who by that date would have reached their 60th but not their 65th birthdays.