§ Mr. MORGAN JONESasked the President of the Board of Education how many teachers had completed their course of training in Welsh and English colleges, respectively, in the years 1921 and 1922; how many of those teachers have since been appointed to posts by local authorities; and whether, seeing that large numbers are still unemployed, any arrangements are being made to provide these people with some form of unemployment benefit?
§ Mr. E. WOODIn the year 1921, 6,005 teachers left training colleges in England and 655 in Wales. I regret that I cannot give any figures as regards their employment, but I have no reason to suppose that students leaving the colleges that summer were generally unsuccessful in obtaining employment. Last summer 5,702 teachers, English colleges,, and 746, Welsh colleges, and of 5,046 who were definitely known by the training college authorities in October to have obtained employment, 4,631 were from English colleges and 415 from Welsh. It cannot be assumed that the residue are still unemployed. I have no power to provide unemployment benefits for teachers.