HC Deb 27 February 1928 vol 214 cc38-40
78. Mr. HARRIS

asked the President of the Board of Education whether any estimate has been formed and, if so, what is such estimate, either in totals or percentages, of the annual wastage in the teaching profession in the three departments, elementary, secondary and technical; what are the totals for the last three years for which figures are available; what are the totals, if figures are available, of the wastage during the last three years owing, respectively, to retirement on pension, retirement on disablement allowance, deaths, and leaving the service owing to marriage or other causes; whether the Board has formed any estimate of the wastage in the teaching profession each year of women retiring compulsorily or voluntarily upon marriage; and whether the Board has any statistics to show the number of women teachers required to resign upon marriage?

Lord E. PERCY

As the reply to this question is statistical in character, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the reply:

The collection of detailed returns of the withdrawals of teachers from causes other than death or retirement on pension began from 1st April, 1925, and the experience gained is not yet sufficient to establish a standard ratio that could be used as a basis for estimates. The following tables show the experience of the

PENSIONABLE TEACHERS IN FULL-TIME SERVICE.
Withdrawals in 1925–26.
— Number in Service on 31st March, 1925 On Super annuation Allowance. On Disablement Allowance. Death. Other Causes including Marriage. Total.
No. Per cent. No. Per cent. No. Per cent. No. Per cent. No. Per cent
In Elementary Schools. 154,497 2,287 1.48 591 .38 378 .24 5,668 3.67 8,924 5.77
In Secondary Schools 19,069 137 .72 44 .23 44 .23 734 3.85 959 5.03
In Technical and Other Schools. 2,982 18 .60 4 .13 12 .40 73 2.45 107 3.58
Total 176,548 2,442 1.38 639 .36 434 .25 6,475 3.67 9,990 5.66

The number of women required to resign on account of marriage is not separately recorded.

The number of women included in the table above as having withdrawn on account of marriage or other causes is, for:

1925–1926 … … … 5,823
1926–1927 … … … 6,362

The numbers of withdrawals here given relate to those teachers who left employment within the period named and have not returned to it up to the present; but only the lapse of further time can show how many of these withdrawals are permanent find how many are temporary.

two years completed since 31st March, 1925: