HC Deb 01 July 1980 vol 987 cc464-5W
Mr. Jim Callaghan

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many qualified teachers are currently registered as unemployed.

Mr. Jim Lester

At 13 March, the latest date for which an occupational analysis of the unemployed is available, there were 9,827 unemployed people registered at employment offices in Great Britain for employment as school teachers—that is, other than in establishments for further and higher education.