HC Deb 22 January 1980 vol 977 c138W
Mr. Thomas Cox

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the present number of teachers registered as unemployed in each region of Scotland.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The numbers of teachers registered as unemployed in each region and island authority in Scotland on 6 December 1979—the latest date for which unemployment figures analysed by occupation are available—are set out in the table below.

Region Teachers registered as unemployed
Borders 12
Central 65
Dunfries and Galloway 28
Fife 86
Grampian 113
Highland 48
Lothian 297
Strathclyde 429
Tayside 99
Orkney 2
Shetland 3
Western Isles 1
Scotland 1,183