§ 30. Mr. GORDON MACDONALDasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education how many supplementary teachers are employed in Lancashire, giving separate figures for those employed by the Lancashire County Council?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Ramsbotham)On 31st December, 1934, 536 268 supplementary teachers were employed in the public elementary schools in the geographical county of Lancashire. 135 of these were employed by the Lancashire County Council.
§ 31. Mr. MACDONALDasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the number of unemployed trained certificated teachers in Lancashire at the latest date on which figures are available?
§ Mr. RAMSBOTHAMI am afraid that I have no information which would enable me to add anything to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Leigh (Mr. Tinker) on the 18th February last.
§ Mr. MACDONALDIs the hon. Gentleman's Department taking any action to reduce the number of unemployed in this section of teachers?
§ Mr. RAMSBOTHAMSo far as the question on the Paper is concerned, we only get information about the students who left the training colleges during the last two years, and we do not keep a live register of teachers who are seeking employment at any given moment.
§ Mr. MACDONALDIs the Department taking any action to reduce unemployment among this class of teachers?