§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) female and (b) male (1) primary and (2) secondary school teachers are aged (i) 20 to 24, (ii) 25 to 29, (iii) 30 to 34, (iv) 35 to 39, (v) 40 to 44, (vi) 45 to 49, (vii) 50 to 54, (viii) 55 to 59, (ix) 60 to 65. (x) 65 to 70 and (xi) 70 years plus. [388]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 25 June 2001]: Full-time teachers by age in the maintained nursery, primary and secondary school sector in England at March 1999 (the latest date available), as published in the DfEE publication "Statistics of Education: Teachers: England and Wales: 2000 edition" were as follows:
Nursery/primary Secondary Age of teacher Men Women Total Men Women Total Under 25 900 9,000 9,800 1,900 4,300 6,200 25 to 29 3,100 23,200 26,300 8,800 15,700 24,600 30 to 34 3,300 16,100 19,400 8,900 11,200 20,000 35 to 39 3,000 11,600 14,600 9,400 10,000 19,400 40 to 44 3,900 20,100 24,000 13,300 15,300 28,600 45 to 49 6.600 30,800 37,400 20,200 19,400 39,700 50 to 54 5,200 22,100 27,200 14,900 13,200 28,100 55 to 59 1,500 7,500 9,000 4,300 4,600 8,900 60 to 64 200 1,000 1,200 800 800 1,500 65 and over 1— 100 100 1— 1— 100 All ages 27,770 141,400 169,100 82,500 94,500 177,100 1 Less than 50 teachers Note:
Totals may not be the sum of the component parts because of rounding