42. Mr. Leeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of science teachers and technologists at present engaged in teaching in Britain; how these figures compare with the 1939 figures; and what efforts he is making to increase the supply of such teachers.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI would point out that this answer relates only to teachers in institutions other than schools. Questions regarding teachers in schools are for my right hon. Friend the Minister of Education.
Of the full-time graduates teaching in grant-aided establishments of further education in England and Wales in 1951, 1,444 had degrees in mathematics or natural science and 776 in engineering or technology. There were also 37,500 part-time teachers, many of them with degrees in these subjects.
In technical colleges in Scotland there are 158 full-time science teachers and 229 teachers of technology. No details are available about part-time teachers. In the universities of Great Britain there are approximately 3,100 teachers of science and technology.
I am advised that generally speaking the present arrangements for the supply of these teachers appears to be satisfactory.