§ Mr. Kershawasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will make available to overseas student-teachers and to United Kingdom student-teachers who will take up posts overseas places in teacher-training colleges now becoming surplus to home requirements.
§ Mr. Gordon OakesThe proposals for the future size of the teacher training system which my right hon. Friend has put to the Advisory Committee on the Supply and Training of Teachers assume that, as hitherto, some places will be
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§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total number of children aged between four and five years on 1st August in each of the last five years in the Leeds, Kirklees, Wakefield, Calderdale and Oldham Metropolitan Districts, respectively.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonInformation for single years of age is not available for areas of this size, but the total number of children aged 4, as at June, in each of the last five years in the United Kingdom was:
Thousands 1972 915 1973 901 1974 884 1975 873 1976 864
§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many nursery places were available in the United Kingdom, on average, to every 100 children aged between four and five years in each of the last five years.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe total numbers of full-time equivalent nursery places in occupation at public sector schools in the United Kingdom, taken in proportion to every 100 children aged four in the population for the last five years are given below:
occupied by students from overseas and some by home students who will eventually take posts abroad. The majority of the surplus places available will be needed to meet the increasing demand for higher and further education, but if there were reason to believe that more use of any residue could be made in the ways suggested, I am sure that those responsible for the colleges would be glad to consider it.