§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish information on the level of teacher absence from school because of ill health in each of the last five years and in 1979.
§ Mr. BoswellInformation on teacher absences was collected as part of the secondary school staffing survey of maintained secondary schools in England. However, it is available only for the years 1988 and 1992, when the percentage of tuition time affected by short-term absences of teachers for reasons other than in-service training or other professional duties was recorded as 4 and 3 per cent. respectively.
England Wales Total Financial year (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) 1978–79 91 473 10 58 101 531 1988–89 811 6,289 77 424 888 6,713 1989–90 861 6,724 73 457 934 7,181 1990–91 840 6,603 87 445 927 7,048 1991–92 673 5,535 55 379 728 5,914 1992–931 742 6,244 67 371 809 6,615 1Provisional.