§ 36. Mr. Archerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many male teachers under retirement age left primary and secondary school teaching in 1965.
§ Mr. Goronwy RobertsI regret that this information is not yet available.
§ Mr. ArcherDoes not my hon. Friend agree that the number is likely to be fairly substantial? Is his right hon. Friend in a position to indicate the principal reasons for this?
§ Mr. RobertsIt would be best to await the full statistics and then to consider exactly what are the reasons for the decline, however great it may be. I do not expect that we shall be in a position to examine this carefully until about March of next year.