§ Mr. Patrick Thompsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many biology graduates have taken up posts teaching physics in secondary schools in England in 1984.
§ Mr. DunnIn the 12 months ending 31 March 1983, the latest period for which figures are available, the number of biology graduates entering maintained secondary schools in England and Wales was 622. Information on the deployment of teachers is not regularly collected by the Department. The latest available is for 1977 when it it estimated that of 7,700 graduates in biology in maintained secondary schools in England and Wales some 700 taught physics, around 130 of whom taught this subject for more than one quarter of their time. Similar information for 1984 is expected to be available by the end of the year.