§ Mr. Lawlerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many secondary or upper schools have no specialist careers teachers.
§ Mr. Chris PattenA sample survey of maintained secondary schools in England carried out by the Department in 1984 indicated that there were some 3,000 schools (excluding middle deemed secondary schools) with no full-time or part-time teacher whose higher education qualifications included careers education as a main or subsidiary subject. There were some 800 schools where careers lessons were not part of the timetable.
§ Mr. Lawlerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many specialist career teachers are employed in England and Wales by each local education authority in 1985–86; and what are the comparable figures for 1979–80.
§ Mr. Chris PattenInformation for individual LEAs is not available centrally. A sample survey in 1984 indicated that in maintained secondary schools in England, there were some 800 full-time teachers for whom careers lessons formed the largest teaching subject. There were nearly 1,000 full-time teachers who had a higher education qualification in which careers education had been a main or subsidiary subject, compared with about 500 (in England and Wales) recorded by a similar sample survey in 1977.