§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total number of teachers in each region or division who retired as a result of the premature retirement scheme by age and sex; and what were the comparable figures for 1977 and 1982.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythInformation is not available centrally in the form requested. The table sets out the figures by age and sex for retirals of teachers in Scotland aged 50 or over by reason of redundancy or in the interests of the efficient exercise of the employer's functions for the years ending on 31 March 1978 and 1983 as well as the provisional figures for the year ending on 31 March 1987, the last year for which figures are available.
1978 1983 1987 Age Male Female Male Female Male Female 50 — — 3 5 9 10 51 — — 10 10 6 13 52 — — 11 11 7 13 53 — — 12 19 3 13 54 — — 12 26 9 17 55 — 1 16 24 18 24 56 — — 24 75 22 41 57 — — 24 79 16 48 58 — — 29 85 30 46 59 — — 24 115 23 55 60 — — 26 71 26 31 61 — — 39 48 44 11 62 — — 31 23 29 6 63 — — 31 11 27 18 64 — — 10 12 13 12 Total — 1 302 614 282 358