§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many teachers were employed in Scotland in each of the past four years.
§ Mr. YoungerThe full-time equivalent numbers of teachers employed in education authority and grant-aided nursery, primary, secondary and special schools at September 1979, 1980 and 1981 were 58,940, 57,580 and 55,940, respectively. Completely comparable information for September 1982 is not yet available, but the total number at that date is provisionally assessed at about 54,500.