HC Deb 08 January 2002 vol 377 c715W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many new teachers have been employed in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the Buckingham constituency in each year since 1997. [23730]

Mr. Timms

The information is not available in the form requested. Teachers in full or part-time regular service in the maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools sector in Buckinghamshire local education authority area, in the March of the year after they qualified, by year of entry to teaching, were as follows:

1997–98 1998–99 1999–20001
Nursery and primary 110 80 110
Secondary 90 130 100
1 Data are provisional.1999–2000 is the latest year for which information is available.

Note:

1. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

2. The figures may exclude some part-time teachers who are not members of the teachers pension scheme.