HC Deb 15 April 1980 vol 982 cc591-2W
Mr. Craigen

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish figures showing the number of students admitted during each of the past three years to courses of teacher training in Scottish colleges of education who were intending to teach mathematics; and what estimate he has made of the numbers likely to teach mathematics in his provisional figures on intake in session 1980–81.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The numbers of students admitted to teacher training courses leading to a teaching qualification (secondary education) in

Health Board Number Per cent.
Argyll and Clyde 40 0.5
Ayrshire and Arran 58 1.2
Borders 7 0.4
Dumfries and Galloway 28 1.0
Fife 9 0.2
Forth Valley 38 0.6
Grampian 78 0.9
Greater Glasgow 148 0.5
Highland 35 0.8
Lanarkshire 47 0.5
Lothian 81 0.5
Orkney Nil Nil
Shetland 2 0.7
Tayside 90 0.8
Western Isles 2 0.4