§ Mr. Harry Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many non-teaching staff full and part-time were employed in primary and secondary schools in Scotland at the end of June 1979; and what are the figures for the same date in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherInformation about the number of non-teaching staff42W employed specifically in primary and secondary schools is not available centrally. The total number of local authority staff, other than lecturers and teachers, employed in education at June 1979 and at the same date in each of the preceding three years is given in the following table:
Full-time Part-time Full-time equivalents 1976 29,951 33,588 45,539 1977 25,384 35,595 42,080 1978 24,309 36,204 40,930 1979 25,128 37,452 42,407 Comparable information was not collected for June 1974 or 1975.