HC Deb 09 March 1970 vol 797 cc241-2W
Mr. Cordle

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what estimate he has made of the total amount spent on advertising to recruit teachers in each of the last five years.

Number of full-time teachers
Maintained Non-maintained
Category of School Qualified Not qualified Qualified Not qualified
Blind 22 122 11
Partially sighted 120 1 28 1
Blind and partially sighted 13 17
Deaf 117 12 122 11
Partially hearing 37 30
Deaf and partially hearing 232 18 86 18
Deaf and partially sighted 20
Physically handicapped 432 4 137 9
Delicate 317 7 38 4
Delicate and physically handicapped 495 2 17
Delicate and maladjusted 36
Maladjusted 445 8 87 5
Educationally subnormal 3,820 56 115 12
Epileptic 14 1 48 1
Speech defects 6 11
Multiple handicaps 6
Totals 6,132 109 858 72

Miss Bacon

The total amount spent on advertising to recruit teachers in each of the last five years is as follows:

£
1964–65 ߪ ߪ ߪ 25,200
1965–66 ߪ ߪ ߪ 96,030
1966–67 ߪ ߪ ߪ 65,665
1967–68 ߪ ߪ ߪ 66,750
1968–69 ߪ ߪ ߪ 43,670