§ Mr. G. Thomasasked the Minister of Education how many teachers she hopes to obtain as a result of the Emergency Training Scheme.
§ Miss WilkinsonIn connection with the raising of the school leaving age, I have said that the output of the Emergency Training Scheme should pass the 13,000 mark by the middle of 1948. This figure was given as the minimum required for that particular purpose. We hope to secure a much larger output by that date and ultimately a very much larger total, which will be determined in the main by the number of suitable candidates coming forward. I should not like to give any estimate yet as to what this total will be.