§ Mr. Dugdaleasked the Minister of Education if he is aware that the West Bromwich Corporation is thirty infant teachers below the quota, and that after following all his Department's instructions it has been unable to obtain the necessary number; and what stops he is taking to help the Corporation to recruit the necessary number of teachers.
§ Sir D. EcclesYes. Although the Authority's deficiency total on their quota is only half what it was at this time last year, I know that they are finding difficulty in recruiting infant teachers. I have taken steps to increase the supply of such teachers, and I am doing all I can to help individual authorities to get their proper share of the available teachers.