§ Mrs. MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the current pupil-teacher ratios for each of the Scottish education authorities in both primary and secondary education.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe provisional average pupil-teacher ratios in education authority schools at September 1988 are set out in the table.
Primary Secondary Borders 17.9 12.3 Central 20.2 13.3 Dumfries/Galloway 18.7 11.6 Fife 19.9 13.1 118W
Number of schemes Schemes on transitional funding grant before April 1989 Schemes run by local authorities Schemes run by community and voluntary organisations Total YTS schemes Schemes run by local authorities Schemes run by community and voluntary organisations Total YTS schemes on transitional funding Borders 4 — 7 2 — 2 Central 13 — 90 7 — 8 Dumfries and Galloway 7 — 51 6 — 7 Fife 12 2 90 5 — 8 Grampian 7 1 36 2 1 3 Highland 20 2 43 6 — 7 Lothian 29 8 179 12 8 20 Orkney 3 — 2 — — — Shetland 2 — 4 1 — 1 Strathclyde 94 8 605 56 2 67 Tayside 7 5 31 3 5 8 Western Isles 2 — 2 — — — Scotland 200 26 1,140 100 16 131
Primary Secondary Grampian 19.2 13.1 Highland 18.1 12.2 Lothian 20.0 12.7 Strathclyde 21.3 12.8 Tayside 19.7 11.6 Orkney 16.1 10.2 Shetland 13.6 9.5 Western Isles 15.0 10.0 ALL SCOTLAND 20.2 12.6