§ Mr. SwireTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the shortage of teachers in(a) England and (b) east Devon. [17268]
§ Mr. TimmsThe Department collects statistics on teacher vacancies annually. We do not collect data specifically for east Devon but in January this year the vacancy rate in Devon was 1.1 per cent. compared with a rate of 1.3 per cent. in England as a whole.