§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has on how many qualified teachers in England and Wales are not currently working within the profession.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThe total number of out-of-service teachers was 404,000 on 31 March 1986.
The table summarises the main information.
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The distribution of qualified "Out of Service" teachers by age, sex, training and last teaching sector on 31 March 1986 Thousands Men Women Men and women Age 16 to 24 1 3 4 25 to 29 8 27 34
Men Women Men and women 30 to 34 18 68 85 35 to 39 23 75 97 40 to 44 17 48 66 45 to 59 32 85 117 Training Trained (in United Kingdom) 72 264 337 Untrained 26 41 67 Sector of last service Nursery and primary 9 106 116 Secondary—maintained 49 108 157 —non-maintained 7 15 22 Further education 5 4 9 Other (including special schools) 3 15 19 Not recorded 6 15 21 Total with previous service 79 264 343 No previous service 19 41 61 TOTAL 99 305 404 The table shows the number and characteristics of qualified school teachers aged under 60 who had previously taught or been trained in England and Wales, but were not in full-time service in the maintained sector there on 31 March 1986. This group includes those who were in service outside the maintained sector, or in part-time service within this sector.