asked the Secretary of of State for Scotland what is the number of (a) primary teachers and (b) secondary teachers registered as unemployed in each region and island authority in Scotland; and what percentage of each has been unemployed for more than one year.

The numbers of primary and secondary schoolteachers registered as unemployed in each region and island authority in Scotland on 13 September 1979—the latest date for which unemployment figures analysed by occupation are available—are set out in the table below. Information about duration of unemployment is not available in relation to individual occupations.