§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many teachers have taken early retirement in each of the years since 1979.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe following table sets out the numbers of male and female teachers in Scotland who retired on pension before age 60, for reasons of ill-health and for reasons of redundancy or the interests of efficiency, for each of the years 1978–79 to 1988–89, the last year for which figures are available.