§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many new(a) full-time and (b) part-time (i) teachers, (ii) policemen/policewomen, (iii) higher education lecturers, (iii) higher education researchers, (v) doctors, (vi) nurses and (vii) firemen and firewomen there were for each year since 1976.
Year Teaching1 Scottish police service2 Scottish fire service3 Doctors4 Nurses5 1976 3,061 n.a. 191 546 2,990 1977 1,933 n.a. 327 638 3,278 1978 1,972 n.a. 653 548 3,556 1979 2,082 1,432 428 532 3,598 1980 1,773 665 156 541 3,487 1981 1,131 449 93 566 4,128 1982 1,388 488 83 540 4,190 1983 1,551 455 116 555 4,605 1984 1,332 610 111 548 3,337 1985 1,299 676 156 569 3,328 1986 943 609 143 554 3,095 1987 848 518 180 591 3,080 1 New entrants to teaching (excluding returners) in year ending 30 September. 2 First appointments to the regular police service in Scotland. 3 Recruitment to operational and control room staff, year ending 31 December. Peaks in 1978 and 1979 are a result of the introduction of a 42-hour week. 4 Numbers successfully completing clinical training in year ending 31 July. 5 Numbers of nurses completing registration following training. Figures for 1976–82 are for calendar years, those for 1983 are for January 1983 to March 1984, while those for 1984 onwards are for the financial years 1984–85 etc. No separate figures are available for the period January to March 1983. Figures from 1976 to 1983–84 include in-service nurses taking additional qualifications. Figures for 1984–85 onwards are for nurses qualifying for the first time. A significant proportion do not pursue nursing careers. n.a. Consistent figures not available.