HC Deb 14 May 1981 vol 4 c309W
Mr. Allan Stewart

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many registered teachers employed by Scottish local authorities were dismissed in 1978, 1979 and 1980.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

This information is not available centrally.

Mr. Allan Stewart

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many registered teachers were employed by Scottish local authorities in 1978, 1979 and 1980.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The full-time equivalent numbers of registered teachers employed in education authority nursery, primary, secondary and special schools at September 1978 and September 1979 were 56,985 and 57,646 respectively. Completely comparable information about the position at September 1980 is not yet available, but the number of teachers in full-time equivalent terms employed at that date in education authority primary and secondary schools is provisionally assessed as 53,989.