§ 14. Sir WILLIAM JENKINSasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what number of certificated teachers are now unemployed in Wales; and what number unemployed in Glamorgan county, giving the males and females separately?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Ramsbotham)I regret that there is no information available regarding the number of certificated teachers now unemployed in Wales as a whole, or in Glamorgan county, but I am able to give the hon. Member an analysis of the employment position of those students who left university training departments and training colleges situated in Wales and the county of Glamorgan during the years 1933 and 1934. As the answer, however, contains a considerable number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ According to returns received from the university training departments and training colleges in Wales, of the 729 men and 995 women who left these departments and colleges in 1933 and 1934, 416 men and 629 women had obtained employment as teachers by 31st December, 1934; 164 men and 300 women were reported as having failed to obtain such employment; 53 men and 28 women were reported as not having attempted to obtain it; no information was available regarding the remaining 76 men and 38 women. Since 31st December, 1934, a further 46 men and 73 women are known to have obtained employment in State-aided schools.
1361§ Of the 183 men and 548 women who left the training departments and training colleges in the geographical county of Glamorgan alone in 1933 and 1934, 88 men and 322 women were reported as having obtained employment as teachers by 31st December, 1934; 56 men and 185 women as not having obtained such employment, and 15 men and 17 women as not having attempted to obtain it; no information was available regarding the remaining 24 men and 24 women.