§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has as to the number of teachers in secondary schools in Scotland of French, German, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese respectively.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe numbers of teachers in education authority and grant-aided schools at September 1981 who were qualified to teach these languages are set out in the following table.
Language Number of qualified teachers (Full-time equivalent) (rounded to the nearest ten) French 2,430 German 1,380 Russian 160 Spanish 300 Portuguese * * Information not available.