Supply Teachers (Hansard, 20 April 1994)

§ Mrs. Bridget Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Education for how many days supply teachers have been employed since April 1993 in(a) England and (b) each London borough.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
The detail requested is not available. An annual survey of teachers employed in the maintained sector gives a snapshot view of occasional supply teachers employed for the whole day in schools on the survey date. There were 12,446 such teachers in service on 21 January 1993 in England. Reliable figures at local education authority level are not available.

§ Mrs. Bridget Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many supply teachers are registered with each local education authority in London.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
The information requested is not centrally collected.