HC Deb 19 October 1944 vol 403 c2511
31. Mr. Hewlett

asked the Minister of Education how many teachers he expects to get from the services on demobilisation.

The Minister of Education (Mr. Butler)

It has been estimated that the number of teachers who have left the public elementary and secondary schools to serve in H.M. Forces is between 20,000 and 22,000.

Mr. Edmund Harvey

Has my right hon. Friend an approximate estimate of the number of those who are intending to be teachers on demobilisation?

Mr. Butler

There will be, I hope, a great many who will volunteer for teaching, and we shall provide them with training as soon as possible in emergency colleges. I cannot give an exact figure.