HC Deb 01 June 1981 vol 5 c288W
Mr. Allan Stewart

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of registered teachers employed by each Scottish education authority.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The number of registered teachers employed in education authority nursery, primary, secondary and special schools at September 1979 (the latest date for which full information is available) was as follows:

Registered teachers
Borders 1,103
Central 3,186
Dumfries and Galloway 1,625
Fife 3,692
Grampian 5,445
Highland 2,357
Lothian 8,135
Strathclyde 26,911
Tayside 4,233
Orkney 234
Shetland 289
Western Isles 436
SCOTLAND 57,646