HC Deb 27 June 1980 vol 987 c331W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of primary teachers and secondary teachers registered as unemployed in each region and island authority in Scotland.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The numbers of primary and secondary schoolteachers registered as unemployed in each region and island authority in Scotland on 13 March 1980—the latest date for which unemployment figures analysed by occupation are available—are set out in the table below.

Region Teachers registered as unemployed
Primary Secondary
Borders 6 8
Central 55 15
Dumfries and Galloway 21 4
Fife 48 20
Grampian 50 32
Highland 11 14
Lothian 177 107
Strathclyde 300 115
Tayside 74 37
Orkney
Shetland 1 2
Western Isles 2 6
745 360