HC Deb 10 July 1969 vol 786 c294W
66. Mr. Roebuck

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total number of teachers employed in further education establishments and colleges of education in 1963; and what is the figure for 1969.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

The number of full-time teachers in maintained colleges of further education (excluding Colleges of Advanced Technology) at 1st February was 26,705 in 1963 and 47,604 in 1969; in all grant aided Colleges of Education the number at 1st October was 4,371 in 1963 and about 10,400 in 1968.