§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many language assistants went to which
248Wpopulation, total expenditure and rateable value per head in total, for local authorities in Scotland, in each year from 1979–80 to 1988–89, estimate.
§ Mr. LangThe information requested is set out in the table.
countries under the auspices of the exchange of language assistants scheme in the last year for which figures are available; and how many come from which countries in each exchange.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe language assistants scheme administered on behalf of my Department by the Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges does not operate on the basis of exchanges but of individual appointments arranged with reciprocating countries. In 1987–88 the central bureau made the following Scottish appointments:
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Country Outgoing assistants Incoming assistants France 199 192 West Germany 56 63 Spain 35 13 Austria 29 9 Italy 10 6 Switzerland 3 7 Columbia 3 2 Sweden 1 1 USSR 1 1 Canada 3 — East Germany 3 — Ivory Coast — 2 Lebanon — 1 Morocco — 8 Senegal — 1
Country Outgoing assistants Incoming assistants Tunisia — 4 Costa Rica — 1 Total 343 311