§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what were the figures at January 1992 in England for teacher vacancies and teacher numbers; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ForthTables showing vacancies by region, by grade in primary schools and by subject in secondary schools have been placed in the Library. In total, for January 1992, LEAs and schools in England provisionally reported 1,117 full-time vacancies in maintained nursery and primary schools and 838 full-time vacancies in 161W secondary schools, equivalent to vacancy rates of 0.6 per cent. of teachers in service in nursery and primary schools, and 0.5 per cent. of teachers in service in secondary schools. The total of 1,955 vacancies represents 0.6 per cent. of full-time teachers in service. Provisional teacher numbers in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools and grant-maintained schools rose by 0.1 per cent. from 394,900 full-time equivalent teachers in January 1991 to 395,300; this gives an estimated overall pupil-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.