Teacher Redundancies (Hansard, 3 February 2000)

HC Deb 03 February 2000 vol 343 c697W 697W

§ Mr. Maclean
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teacher redundancies in maintained schools there were(a) during the academic year 1999–2000 and (b) in the previous five academic years. [108314]

§ Ms Estelle Morris
The number of teacher premature retirements on the grounds of redundancy¹ from the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special sector in England and Wales by financial year² is in the table:

Year Number

1994–95 2,400

1995–96 3,300

1996–97 2,900

1997–98 2,300

¹ Data on teachers taking severance on the grounds of redundancy are not held centrally.

² Data for 1998–99 and 1999–2000 are not available.

Year	Number
1994–95	2,400
1995–96	3,300
1996–97	2,900
1997–98	2,300
¹ Data on teachers taking severance on the grounds of redundancy are not held centrally.
² Data for 1998–99 and 1999–2000 are not available.