Teachers (Hansard, 20 March 1990)

§ Mr. Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will commission a study into the number of mid-career teachers in primary and secondary schools in Wales giving notice of their resignation in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990.

§ Mr. Wyn Roberts
No. The Department of Education and Science maintains records of the number of mid-career teachers in primary and secondary schools in Wales who have actually resigned.

§ Mr. Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will commission a study into the numbers and percentages of head teachers, deputy heads and teachers in primary and secondary schools in Wales who applied for early retirement in 1990, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989.

§ Mr. Wyn Roberts
No. The Department of Education and Science maintains records of the number and percentages of head teachers, deputy heads and teachers in primary and secondary schools in Wales who have actually left on early retirement terms.

§ Mr. Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will institute a study into the numbers of applications for deputy headships and headships in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Wales in 1990, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989.

§ Mr. Wyn Roberts
No.

§ Mr. Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the most up-to-date estimates available to him of the numbers of teachers applying for vacant deputy headships and headships in(a) primary and (b) secondary education in Wales covering the period 1985 to 1990.

§ Mr. Wyn Roberts
This information is not held centrally.

§ Mr. Win Griffiths
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what progress has been made on implementing the licensed teachers and articled teachers schemes.

§ Mr. Wyn Roberts
Although education support grant was made available to support the training of licensed teachers in 1990–91, no local education authority in Wales518W submitted a bid. One authority in Wales has shown an interest in the articled teachers scheme, but it was not possible to support the consortium of which it was a member. We are currently considering whether to make local authority training grant money available to support these schemes in 1991–92.