§ Mr. Edward DaveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) primary and (b) secondary school teaching vacancies there were in (i) 1998–99 and (ii) 1999–2000, by (A) constituency and (B) education authority. [141944]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisVacancy data for parliamentary constituencies are not held centrally. The number of vacancies for qualified teachers is as follows:
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January 1999 January 2000 Local authority Nursery/primary Secondary Total Nursery/primary Secondary Total Lewisham 21 8 29 18 20 38 Southwark 47 14 61 42 30 72 Tower Hamlets 80 12 92 71 26 97 Wandsworth 17 12 29 13 10 23 City of Westminster 14 11 25 15 14 29 Barking and Dagenham 12 3 15 8 9 17 Barnet 11 21 32 29 20 49 Bexley 0 7 7 13 16 29 Brent 13 17 30 5 5 10 Bromley 6 7 13 9 3 12 Croydon 25 11 36 8 28 36 Ealing 32 22 54 14 18 32 Enfield 19 9 28 13 15 28 Haringey 20 13 33 19 14 33 Harrow 12 5 17 24 14 38 Havering 3 10 13 1 17 18 Hillingdon 8 19 27 9 14 23 Hounslow 5 10 15 3 5 8 Kingston 6 3 9 1 7 8 Merton 5 6 11 3 13 16 Newham 34 3 37 40 14 54 Redbridge 7 7 14 6 1 7 Richmond upon Thames 2 2 4 3 12 15 Sutton 2 5 7 0 1 1 Waltham Forest 2 5 7 0 4 4 Birmingham 59 12 71 39 21 60 Coventry 2 10 12 8 15 23 Dudley 2 5 7 7 9 16 Sandwell 17 11 28 7 8 15 Solihull 2 0 2 5 6 11 Walsall 5 7 12 2 6 8 Wolverhampton 14 19 33 5 5 10 Knowsley 3 1 4 5 6 11 Liverpool 4 1 5 0 2 2 St. Helens 4 1 5 1 0 1 Sefton 0 1 1 3 5 8 Wirral 13 4 17 2 8 10 Bolton 0 2 2 0 1 1 Bury 0 1 1 1 0 1 Manchester 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oldham 6 3 9 7 4 11 Rochdale 4 2 6 2 2 4 Salford 0 1 1 1 2 3 Stockport 3 2 5 0 6 6 Tameside 0 5 5 1 0 1 Trafford 0 1 1 0 0 0 Wigan 5 10 15 3 10 13 Barnsley 1 1 2 0 2 2 Doncaster 0 0 0 2 0 2 Rotherham 0 1 1 0 1 1 Sheffield 2 0 2 6 0 6 Bradford 15 3 18 14 28 42 Calderdale 4 1 5 3 0 3 Kirklees 2 1 3 0 3 3 Leeds 6 1 7 8 10 18 Wakefield 0 0 0 1 1 2 Gateshead 9 0 9 5 0 5 Newcastle upon Tyne 7 10 17 4 5 9 North Tyneside 10 16 26 1 14 15 South Tyneside 0 1 1 0 1 1 Sunderland 6 5 11 9 4 13 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bath and North East Somerset 3 1 4 3 1 4 City of Bristol 6 6 12 9 4 13 North Somerset 3 7 10 8 6 14 South Gloucestershire 3 1 4 2 1 3 Hartlepool 6 3 9 2 1 3 Middlesbrough 4 2 6 2 2 4 Redcar and Cleveland 2 4 6 0 5 5 Stockton on Tees 2 5 7 1 5 6 City of Kingston-upon-Hull 0 1 1 0 0 0 East Riding of Yorkshire 4 0 4 2 0 2
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January 1999 January 2000 Local authority Nursery/primary Secondary Total Nursery/primary Secondary Total North East Lincolnshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 North Lincolnshire 4 3 7 8 2 10 North Yorkshire 3 5 8 4 5 9 York 1 6 7 1 5 6 Bedfordshire 5 19 24 20 19 39 Luton 7 17 24 5 9 14 Buckinghamshire 18 15 33 36 16 52 Milton Keynes 8 2 10 6 1 7 Derbyshire 11 13 24 25 11 36 Derby 13 6 19 8 11 19 Dorset 1 1 2 9 10 19 Poole 2 3 5 2 0 2 Bournemouth 0 1 1 0 2 2 Durham 2 0 2 2 0 2 Darlington 0 0 0 3 0 3 East Sussex 10 12 22 9 14 23 Brighton and Hove 2 2 4 5 6 11 Hampshire 36 57 93 89 53 142 Portsmouth 10 3 13 6 13 19 Southampton 6 9 15 8 17 25 Leicester 5 8 13 7 6 13 Leicester City 8 3 11 11 9 20 Rutland 0 1 1 2 0 2 Staffordshire 15 6 21 17 10 27 Stoke 2 1 3 8 14 22 Wiltshire 17 4 21 10 4 14 Swindon 8 2 10 5 5 10 Bracknell Forest 0 0 0 4 5 9 Windsor and Maidenhead 3 6 9 4 5 9 West Berkshire 2 0 2 4 0 4 Reading 0 2 2 10 4 14 Slough 8 10 18 3 10 13 Wokingham 9 5 14 5 9 14 Cambridgeshire 1 0 1 0 0 0 Peterborough 0 2 2 0 0 0 Cheshire 10 4 14 12 11 23 Halton 2 2 4 1 5 6 Warrington 7 0 7 9 2 11 Devon 6 2 8 18 10 28 Plymouth 0 5 5 4 19 23 Torbay 2 1 3 2 5 7 Essex 48 34 82 83 73 156 Southend 6 3 9 5 16 21 Thurrock 9 12 21 19 9 28 Hereford 2 4 6 8 3 11 Worcester 6 5 11 3 3 6 Kent 52 37 89 32 48 80 Medway 10 6 16 4 9 13 Lancashire 18 12 30 17 4 21 Blackburn with Darwen 11 3 14 7 6 13 Blackpool 2 1 3 3 6 9 Nottinghamshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 City of Nottingham 0 0 0 18 6 24 Shropshire 0 1 1 1 1 2 Telford and Wrekin 0 0 0 7 4 11 Cornwall 6 0 6 8 3 11 Cumbria 0 2 2 0 0 0 Gloucestershire 5 4 9 20 5 25 Hertfordshire 12 19 31 10 7 17 Isle of Wight 0 0 0 0 1 1 Lincolnshire 11 11 22 11 8 19 Norfolk 45 10 55 15 15 30 Northamptonshire 3 3 6 1 9 10 Northumberland 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oxfordshire 7 4 11 4 4 8 Somerset 7 4 11 6 4 10 Suffolk 14 17 31 8 11 19 Surrey 11 9 20 13 24 37 Warwickshire 9 5 14 7 6 13 West Sussex 9 8 17 27 11 38 England 1,374 939 2,313 1,420 1,246 2,666 The number of regular teachers in maintained schools increased by 6,900 between January 1998 and January 2000.
A DfEE survey of maintained secondary schools in England in the first week of September 2000 indicated that there were about 1,000 secondary teacher vacancies. There was a growth of 2,000 in the number of people training to be teachers between 1999–2000 and 2000–01, the first such increase since 1992–93.
§ Mr. Edward DaveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many new teachers he expects will qualify in 2000. [141946]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisSince 1 January 2000, 22,900 people have been awarded Qualified Teacher Status in England.