Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a list of local education authorities which have brought early retirement schemes for teachers into effect, showing the numbers who have so far made use of the scheme.
§ Dr. BoysonAll the local education authorities in England and Wales save the Scilly Isles have made use of the premature retirement arrangements for teachers. The total number of teachers in schools and further education who have retired early under the arrangements stood at 19,454 on 31 December 1981.