§ Mr. Buchananasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many unpromoted teachers over the age of 65 years are at present employed in local authority and grant aided schools in Scotland; and how many of these are employed in teaching mathematics, science and technical subjects in secondary schools.
§ Mr. McElhoneThe latest available figures relate to September 1975. At that time the equivalent of 500 whole-time posts in education authority schools and 13 in grant-aided schools in Scotland were filled by unpromoted teachers who had 455W passed their 65th birthday and who were employed on a whole-time or part-time basis.
Of these teachers, the following—wholetime equivalent—numbers in secondary schools had as their main teaching subject:
- Mathematics: 24
- Science subjects: 17
- Technical subjects: 20