§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state (a) the total number and (b) the percentage of promoted academic staff within the Scottish colleges of education (i) in the academic year 1979–80 and (ii) the academic year 1980–81.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is as follows:
January 1980 January 1981 Number of promoted academic staff 353 341 Percentage of promoted academic staff 31.9 33.0
§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state (a) the total number of academic staff who have left the Scottish college of education system within the past five years, giving the figure for each year (b) the percentage of academic staff leaving each year and (c) the percentage and number of those leaving who were over 50 years of age.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherInformation about the ages of staff who have left the colleges is not readily available. The other information which is requested is given in the following table:
College Net reduction in number of academic staf in the period1977–81 Column (2) as percentage on number of academic staff at beginning of period Column (2) as percentage of total net reduction in number of academic staff in period (1) (2) (3) (4) Aberdeen 50 30.3 14.0 Callandar Park 28 44.4 7.8 Craigie 26 40.6 7.3 Craiglockhart 5 12.5 1.4 Dundee 46 33.8 12.9 Dunfermline 4 5.7 1.1 Hamilton 27 31.4 7.6 Jordanhill 65 18.4 18.2 Moray House 61 23.9 17.0 Notre Dame 45 32.6 12.6 TOTAL 357 26.0 100
§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many academic staff in Scottish colleges of education are (a) under 30 years, (b) under 35 years and 121W (c) under 40 years of age; what are the figures for each college; and if he will also provide the percentage of total staff each group comprises in each college.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThis information is not immediately available. I shall write to the hon. Member.