§ Mr. Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many chartered librarians are employed as school librarians in England; what is the percentage of school librarians in England possessimg chartered status; and what is the equivalent figure in Scotland.
§ Mrs. RumboldI understand that in Scotland some 160 chartered librarians are employed in school libraries and about 70 per cent, of school librarians possess chartered status. Equivalent figures for England are not available. However the report of the Working Party on School Library Services, "School Libraries: The Foundations of the Curriculum" (published in 1984), estimates for England and Wales that some 600 chartered librarians work in primary and secondary schools and that 7 per cent, of secondary schools have chartered librarians.