§ 57. Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, in view of the continued shortage of teachers, he will now call a meeting of the National Advisory Council on the Training and Supply of Teachers to discuss the subject.
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§ Mr. RedheadMy right hon. Friend cannot add at present to the answer which he gave to the hon. Member for Honiton (Mr. Mathew) on 3rd November.—[Vol. 735, c. 642–3.]
§ 58. Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the numbers of vacancies existing for teachers at the latest available date and the estimated figures for 1967, 1968 and 1969.
§ Mr. RedheadMy right hon. Friend does not collect information from authorities about vacancies for teachers in their schools. The number of teachers in the maintained schools is at present about 44,000 below that required to bring all classes within the present regulation sizes. The corresponding estimates for later years are 38,000 in 1967, 31,000 in 1968 and 23,000 in 1969.