§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing, for each of the past 10 years, the number of those entering the teaching profession and the number of those giving up teaching; and for those giving up teaching, if he will categorise each year their general reasons for doing so.
§ Mr. RossThe table set out below gives the estimated number of certificated teachers entering the teaching service from the colleges of education in each of the last 10 years. I regret that the other information asked for is not available. Detailed statistics of teachers entering and leaving teaching will, however, be available from the computerised teacher record now being set up.
1957–58 1,552 1958–59 … … 1,705 1959–60 … … 1,814 1960–61 … … 2,019 1961–62 … … 2,103 1962–63 … … 2,199 1963–64 … … 2,409 1964–65 … … 2,598 1965–66 … … 2,827 1966–67 … … 3,051
§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many inquiries have been received each year since its inception under the Teachers' 65W Special Recruitment Scheme; how many firm applications resulted; how many applicants were accepted for training; and how many actually entered training.
§ Mr. RossI regret that I do not have all the information sought by the hon. Member. The information available for the whole period is as follows:—
Applicants receiving grant for first time under Scheme* Students admitted to colleges of education and receiving assistance under Scheme 1951 ? 611 213 1952 ? 555 156 1953 ? 507 167 1954 ? 299 198 1955 ? 376 286 1956 ? 283 281 1957 ? 623 301 1958 ? 545 359 1959 ? 636 436 1960 ? 674 501 1961 ? 624 541 1962 ? 669 564 1963 ? 935 725 1964 ? 1,097 651 1965 ? 1,202 778 1966 ? 1,013 804 * For courses of preliminary tuition, university or comparable courses or college of education courses.