§ Mr. Sorensenasked the President of the Board of Education whether he will give an estimate of the number of boys and girls and men and women teachers now teaching under Part II and Part III education authorities, respectively; the number of ex-teachers who have temporarily returned to their profession during the war; the number of scholars of both sexes for whom the Board would have to make provision when the school-leaving age is raised to 15 and 16 years, respectively; and the number and type of teachers who would then be required?
§ Mr. ButlerI append the latest figures of full-time public elementary school teachers. There are in addition a small number of student and pupil teachers but exact figures are not available. No figures of ex-teachers who have temporarily returned to the profession are available. In reply to the remainder of the Question I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for the English Universities (Mr. E. Harvey) on 14th July, a copy of which I am sending him.
198WThe figures relate to March last and are as follow:—
Part II Authorities: Men … 25,549 Women … 101,950 Part III Authorities: Men … 5,270 Women … 18,861