§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report the percentage of Scottish graduates who went into teaching as a first job in 1970, 1975, 1980 and 1985.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe numbers of persons entering postgraduate teacher training courses in Scotland in 1970, 1975, 1980 and 1985 expressed as rates per 100 graduates from academic establishments in Scotland during the previous academic year are 28, 30, 14 and 6, respectively. Information on the proportion of graduates commencing teaching employment for the first time in each of these years is not readily available.