MARRIED WOMEN TEACHERS.

HC Deb 07 November 1929 vol 231 cc1236-7

60. Mr. BEAUMONT

asked the President of the Board of Education how many local education authorities have regulations limiting or forbidding the employment of married women teachers; how many married women teachers are employed in elementary schools; and what proportion this is of the whole number of women teachers employed?

Sir C. TREVELYAN

I am afraid that I have no statistics showing how many of the local education authorities have regulations limiting or forbidding the employment of married women teachers. The total number of pensionable married women teachers, other than widows, in public elementary schools and centres, on the 31st March, 1929, was 11,963 out of the total of 116,771 women teachers employed, or a proportion of 10.25 per cent.

Mr. BEAUMONT

Is there any possibility of obtaining the figures for the local authorities who have these regulations? As I gather this is exercising the attention of the National Union of Teachers, it might be rather interesting.

Sir G. TREVELYAN

I do not know that it is worth while to get a list of the authorities, but I will do what I can to find out the names.