HC Deb 05 May 1967 vol 746 cc133-4W
Mr. Hamling

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the average age of students on entry to the one-year course of training in a Technical College of Education in the last year for which statistics are available; and what was the average age five years previously.

Mr. Crosland

33 in 1960–61 and in 1965–66.

Mr. Hamling

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average age of first appointments to full-time teaching in technical colleges for the last year for which statistics are available; and what was the average age of first appointments to full-time posts five years previously.

Mr. Crosland

The average age of new entrants to full-time teaching service in grant-aided further education establishments in 1963–64 was about 32 to 33, and in 1959–60 was 33. Figures for more recent years will be available later in the year.