§ Mr. David Youngasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what the level of teacher unemployment is in each
September September September September September 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 South East … 684 1,271 2,391 3,818 3,140 East Anglia … 82 73 161 256 273 South Western … 315 478 659 1,102 1,287 West Midlands … 241 486 701 891 845 East Midlands … 102 179 358 560 573 Yorkshire and Humberside … 167 267 562 1,213 1,165 North Western … 294 462 987 1,669 1,716 Northern … 204 298 667 1,015 978 Wales … 123 241 489 871 1,120 England and Wales … 2,212 3,755 6,975 11,395 11,097 These figures differ from those previously published since regional statistics provided by the Department of Employment exclude pre-primary and special school teachers.
Teacher unemployment figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are a matter for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively.
The Government have taken a number of measures to alleviate teacher unemployment. Expenditure plans allow for an improvement over existing pupil-teacher ratios by additional margins to provide for the alleviation of the problems caused by falling rolls, extra staff for schools with disadvantaged pupils, and a growth in the provision of induction and in-service training ; courses have been introduced to retrain suitably qualified unemployed teachers to teach certain subjects in which
Primary schools Secondary schools 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1978 North 24.5 23.4 23.0 22.9 22.5 16.9 Yorks./Humberside 24.2 23.8 23.5 23.3 23.2 17.3 North West 26.0 24.9 24.4 24.5 24.2 16.8 East Midlands 24.3 24.9 24.7 24.7 24.4 17.1 West Midlands 25.6 25.1 24.8 24.6 24.2 16.8 East Anglia 24.1 23.7 23.7 23.6 23.5 17.6 Greater London 23.7 22.7 22.6 22.3 21.8 15.9 Other South East 24.9 24.3 24.2 24.2 24.1 17.2 South West 25.5 25.0 24.7 24.5 24.4 17.6 Average for England 24.9 24.2 24.0 23.9 23.6 16.9 The Government's expenditure plans provide for an improvement to existing pupil-teacher ratios.
282Wregion of the United Kingdom in each of the last five years ; what action she has taken to reduce it.
§ Mr. OakesThe number of teachers in England and Wales who have registered with the Department of Employment as unemployed and seeking school teaching posts over the last five years is as follows:
there is a shortage ; regulations now allow for the early retirement of teachers over 50 in the structural interests of the education service ; and the reduction in the size of the teacher training plant will reduce the flow of those competing for teaching jobs.