§ Mr. GorrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many(a) pupils and (b) full-time equivalent teachers there were in each education authority in (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools; and in each case what the pupil-teacher ratio (1) was in 1997 and (2) is currently. [62649]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe information requested is set out in the tables.
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Pupils and teachers in publicly funded primary schools, September 1997 Education authority Schools Pupils Teachers (FTE) Pupil/teacher ratio Scotland 2,300 440,594 22,187 19.9 Aberdeen City 61 15,921 795 20.0 Aberdeenshire 160 21,526 1,127 19.1 Angus 62 9,381 490 19.1 Argyll and Bute 87 7,792 447 17.4 Clackmannanshire 19 4,542 216 21.0 Dumfries and Galloway 116 12,944 678 19.1 Dundee City 41 12,360 650 19.0 East Ayrshire 47 11,449 538 21.3 East Dunbartonshire 37 10,653 479 22.2 East Lothian 35 7,942 398 20.0 East Renfrewshire 24 8,596 384 22.4 Edinburgh, City of 103 30,590 1,491 20.5 Eilean Siar1 43 2,556 197 13.0 Falkirk 48 12,334 587 21.0 Fife 146 30,870 1,625 19.0 Glasgow City 204 49,439 2,458 20.1 Highland 191 19,149 1,078 17.8 Inverclyde 32 7,826 365 21.4 Midlothian 36 7,433 377 19.7 Moray 49 8,078 418 19.3 North Ayrshire 52 12,614 596 21.2 North Lanarkshire 134 29,831 1,472 20.3 Orkney Islands 22 1,846 124 14.9 Perth and Kinross 78 10,776 572 18.8 Renfrewshire 52 15,796 715 22.1 Scottish Borders 72 8,969 486 18.5 Shetland Islands 34 2,335 184 12.7 South Ayrshire 45 9,490 449 21.1 South Lanarkshire 125 26,846 1,285 20.9 Stirling 45 6,897 351 19.6 West Dunbartonshire 35 8,890 425 20.9 West Lothian 65 14,923 732 20.4 1 Formerly Known as the Western Isles
Pupils and teachers in publicly funded secondary schools, September 1997 Education authority Schools Pupils 1 Adults Teachers (FTE) Pupil/teacher ratio 1 Argyll and Bute 10 5,614 30 446 12.6 Clackmannanshire 3 2,951 9 220 13.4 Dumfries and Galloway 16 9,600 47 792 12.1 Dundee City 10 8,983 2 687 13.1 East Ayrshire 10 7,926 13 586 13.5 East Dunbartonshire 9 8,664 7 615 14.1 East Lothian 6 4,853 9 359 13.5 East Renfrewshire 7 6,789 15 483 14.1 Edinburgh, City of 23 18,714 1,198 1,388 13.5 Eilean Siar2 13 2,030 8 218 9.3 Falkirk 8 8,619 4 663 13.0 Fife 19 22,938 32 1,707 13.4 Glasgow City 39 29,952 68 2,227 13.4 Highland 28 14,864 62 1,259 11.8 Inverclyde 8 5,906 4 437 13.5 Midlothian 6 5,368 4 405 13.3 Moray 9 5,700 19 454 12.6 North Ayrshire 10 9,155 63 673 13.6 North Lanarkshire 26 23,057 38 1,705 13.5 Orkney Islands 6 1,425 2 136 10.5 Perth and Kinross 10 7,507 13 594 12.6 Renfrewshire 14 11,641 17 837 13.9 Scottish Borders 9 6,494 42 530 12.3 Shetland Islands 9 1,594 0 210 7.6 South Ayrshire 9 7,875 55 581 13.6 South Lanarkshire 21 20,705 152 1,484 14.0 Stirling 7 5,598 0 427 13.1 West Dunbartonshire 7 6,871 88 477 14.4 West Lothian 11 10,099 12 736 13.6 1 Excluding adults 2 Formerly Known as the Western Isles 164W
Provisional result of the 1998 school census Publicly funded schools in Scotland, at September 1998;
number of pupils by sector and education authority 1
Primary Secondary Special Educaion authority Total Pupils Total Pupils Total adults 2 Total Pupils based Scotland 437,239 314,228 1,729 8,149 Aberdeen City 15,833 11,059 24 458 Aberdeenshire 21,550 15,331 1 356 Angus 9,300 7,274 14 0 Argyll and Bute 7,810 5,589 35 55 Clackmannanshire 4,512 2,952 4 58 Dumfries and Galloway 12,957 9,617 46 28 Dundee City 12,103 8,873 5 180 East Ayrshire 11,233 8,022 8 178 East Dunbartonshire 10,617 8,620 0 140 East Lothian 8,040 4,872 9 0 East Renfrewshire 8,727 6,953 3 43 Edinburgh, City of 30,330 19,047 850 991 Eilean Siar1 2,453 1,983 2 0 Falkirk 12,421 8,534 36 325 Fife 30,456 22,733 24 250 Glasgow City 48,071 29,350 37 2,040 Highland 19,031 14,885 49 164 Inverclyde 7,625 5,753 0 127 Midlothian 7,430 5,371 75 174 Moray 8,043 5,714 19 23 North Ayrshire 12,578 9,057 36 206 North Lanarkshire 29,600 22,884 19 785 Orkney Islands 1,831 1,399 0 15 Perth and Kinross 10,895 7,646 9 53 Renfrewshire 15,562 11,727 4 369 Scottish Borders 8,969 6,622 44 0 Shetland Islands 2,315 1,594 4 0 South Ayrshire 9,404 7,814 24 104 South Lanarkshire 26,902 20,371 130 601
Provisional result of the 1998 school census Publicly funded schools in Scotland, at September 1998;
number of pupils by sector and education authority 1
Primary Secondary Special Educaion authority Total Pupils Total Pupils Total adults 2 Total Pupils based Stirling 6,924 5,618 0 67 West Dunbartonshire 8,839 6,792 77 184 West Lothian 14,878 10,172 141 175 1 Provisional 2 Adults attending day education classes Note:
Publicly funded schools comprise education authority, self governing and grant aided schools