HC Deb 21 June 1956 vol 554 cc116-8W
54. Mr. Pitman

asked the Minister of Education how many full-time teachers were recruited to secondary schools, commercial, modern, technical, grammar and comprehensive, respectively, during the year ending March, 1955, who have been engaged in teaching the subjects for which training is given particularly in the three technical teacher training colleges, and what percentage of such teachers were trained in such colleges.

Sir D. Eccles

This information is not available, as teachers in secondary schools are not classified by the subjects that they teach.

55. Mr. Pitman

asked the Minister of Education what have been the vacancies in institutions of further education for teachers in the specialist subjects of engineering and commerce and office arts, respectively, during the year ending March, 1956, and how they compare with the estimates of such vacancies made by the National Advisory Council for the 'Training and Supply of Teachers, and to what extent such vacancies were provided for by the output of the three technical teacher training colleges.

Sir D. Eccles

This information is not available.

56. Mr. Mawby

asked the Minister of Education to what extent the needs of local education authorities for teachers of commerce and office arts have been made known to the three technical teacher training colleges and to what extent these colleges have been able to supply trained teachers to meet such demands.

Sir D. Eccles

As I have just told my hon. Friend the Member for Bath (Mr. Pitman), I cannot relate the output of these colleges to a precise number of vacancies. The colleges are in close touch with many local education authorities and are able to plan their courses on the basis of information available to them in this way and in consultation with my Department.

57. Mr. Mawby

asked the Minister of Education what is the annual rate of remuneration during the period of training, and what is the annual rate of remuneration on appointment to a typical post in an institution of further education, teaching engineering taking 100 as the average remuneration as disclosed on entry of a recruit in engineering in the 12 months prior to entering one of the three technical teacher training colleges.

Sir D. Eccles

I cannot make the simple comparison suggested in the Question, but I am writing to my hon. Friend to give him the best information I can.

58. Mr. Mawby

asked the Minister of Education when the grant ceases at the end of training at one of the three technical teacher training colleges; and how long after the end of this training such a teacher may expect his first salary cheque on taking up a teaching appointment, teaching engineering.

Sir D. Eccles

Tuition and boarding grants are paid in respect of the actual college terms. The vacation and personal grants are related to the year's training as a whole, not to any specific dates. A trained teacher may be appointed to a post during the summer term, as soon as the course ends, or he may be appointed as from the following September. He would in either case receive his first salary cheque at the end of the month in which his appointment begins.