§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average annual standard rent of a public sector house in the latest available year in (a) Scotland and (b) each of the four Scottish cities for both rebated and unrebated rents; and what has been the percentage increase in each case over the past four years.
§ Mr. Rifkind:The information is as follows:
about the numbers in primary and secondary departments is not available.
These figures are expressed as-the nearest whole number, in terms of full-tune equivalents; they do not include teachers in grant-aided or independent special schools.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will seek to recover from the funds of independent and grant-aided schools the cost to the public purse of training at teachers' training colleges those currently teaching at such schools who attended training colleges.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how the average salaries of (a) primary and (b) secondary teachers at present compare with the average salary at the time of the Houghton report; if he will express the average salaries at constant prices; and if he will express the present salaries as a percentage of the salaries at the time of the Houghton report.
11W
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher:The statistical information which is required for the calculation of current average salaries of teachers will not be available for some weeks. I shall write to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the cost of employing all primary and secondary teachers currently unemployed in Scotland at the average salary of their respective groups.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher:Since the current average salaries of primary and secondary teachers cannot at present be calculated accurately, the information requested is not available. I shall write to the hon. Member.