§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report the total number, in each regional council area, of schools in (a) the primary sector and (b) the secondary sector which now have a school board in place, showing each total as a percentage of the total number of such schools in the area.
§ Mr. LangThe information is set out in the table:
require to hold elections for school boards, showing these as a percentage of the total number of boards currently in place.
§ Mr. LangThe information is set out in the table.
663W
Number of schools where a School Board has been established without a contested election Region/Islands area Primary Percentage of total number of primary School Boards Secondary Percentage of total number of secondary School Boards Borders 7 20 2 29 Central 22 37 0 0 Dumfries and Galloway 28 48 5 38 Fife 23 32 4 27 Grampian 48 32 5 18 Highland 37 45 3 14 Lothian 39 25 4 10 Orkney 0 0 0 0 Shetland 5 33 0 0 Strathclyde 258 41 50 32 Tayside 29 30 4 16 Western Isles 22 71 1 20