§ Mr. Barnettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a further statement about the number of unqualified teachers in maintained schools.
§ Mr. Edward ShortI welcome this opportunity to correct the figure given in answer to the Question asked by my hon. Friend on 5th March. Last October, counting part-timers in full-time equiva-148W lents, there were, in fact, about 3,000 full-time unqualified teachers in maintained schools not 2,000. I very much regret any inconvenience which may have been caused by the incorrect figure given in my earlier answer.