HC Deb 14 July 1949 vol 467 c34W
Sir E. Graham-Little

asked the Minister of Education how many university graduates, diplomates from the two-year training colleges, and emergency trainees, are at the present time teaching in the national schools.

Mr. Tomlinson

On 31st March, 1948, there were in maintained and assisted primary and secondary schools and all special schools 31,133 graduate teachers and 122,099 non-graduate trained teachers, including about 9,000 emergency-trained teachers. There were, in addition, 2,513 teachers in maintained and assisted schools and establishments about whom particulars were not available at the time of this return.