§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many special schools in each region and division recorded no head teacher in the schools census of 1987.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe numbers of education authority special schools and the numbers with no head teacher at September 1987 are as follows:
(1) (2) Total (3) Number without a head teacher Borders 1 1 Central ll 3 Dumfries and Galloway 1 0 Fife 12 1 Grampian 19 0 Highland 7 1 Lothian 22 1 Strathclyde 118 37 Tayside 8 2 Orkney 1 0 Shetland 0 0 Western Isles 0 0 Scotland 200 46 Argyll and Bute 4 1 Ayr 25 13 Dunbarton 16 5 Glasgow (City) 45 12 Lanark 18 3 Renfrew 10 3 In some cases recorded in column (3) above the post of head teacher will have been vacant at the time of the census; in others there will be no such post because of small size or because oversight is provided by an associated mainstream school. Responsibility for determining the complement of head teachers and for filling vacancies rests with regional and islands authorities.