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Mr. McNally
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the total expenditure on (a) in-service training and (b) initial teacher training in Scotland in each of the past five years.
Mr. Alexander Fletcher
Information about expenditure by local authorities on in-service training is not held centrally; and it is not possible to break down expenditure by colleges of education as between in-service and initial teacher training. The total cost of teacher training given in colleges of education in the last five financial years was as follows:
| Financial Year | Gross expenditure on in-service and initial teacher training |
| (£000) | |
| 1977–78 | 18,423 |
| 1978–79 | 18,932 |
| 1979–80 | 19,567 |
| 1980–81 | 23,528 |
| 1981–82 | 25,086 |