§ Mr. SarwarTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many physical education teachers were employed by local education authorities in each year since 1979. [39174]
§ Mr. WilsonThe available information for years in which the data were collected is set out in the table:
Number (full-time equivalent) of physical education teachers in Scottish education authority secondary schools Year (at September) Number 1979 2,008 1980 1,998 1981 1,934 1982 1,896 1983 11,862 1984 11,792 1987 1,698 1988 1,614 1990 1,618 1992 1,618 1994 1,672 1estimated No information has been collected since 1994 as the situation was thought to have remained fairly stable and it was not considered desirable to burden teachers with a data collection. The next return from teachers will be in September 1998.