HC Deb 18 January 1994 vol 235 c491W
Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people graduated or qualified in teacher training in each of the Scottish teacher training colleges and universities in 1993.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 17 January 1994]: The available information is set out in the table:

College/University Number of Graduates in 1993 (provisional)
University of Paisley 180
Strathclyde University 758
Moray House Institute of Education 539
Northern College of Education 455
St. Andrew's College of Education 420
University of Stirling 31
All 2,383

Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many newly qualified teachers were appointed to permanent teaching posts by each of the regional and island authorities in Scotland in 1993.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 17 January 1994]: Surveys to ascertain the first destination of

Table 2
Number of newly qualified teachers known to have been appointed to teaching posts in Scotland1 (September 1993)
Employer in Scotland Permanent Temporary/supply Type of contract unknown All
Borders 4 5 5 14
Central 14 17 1 32
Dumfries and Galloway 12 17 0 29
Fife 35 30 7 72
Grampian 37 33 0 70
Highland 8 8 0 16
Lothian 54 36 9 99
Strathclyde 148 322 3 473
Tayside 38 20 3 61
Islands Authorities 9 8 3 20
Independent or other schools 18 11 8 37
Total 377 507 39 923
1 The figures include an element of estimation in cases where only partial information is known.
2 Information on the 31 Stirling University graduates is not available in this form. These students are categorised as having unknown destination in Table 1.

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