§ Mr. Redmondasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teachers have been dismissed from 305W the education service during the past 12 months on account of being found guilty of drug offences or for being registered drug addicts; and what steps are taken to ensure that drug addicts are not employed as teachers.
§ Mrs. ThatcherI have excluded two under the Misconduct Regulations. I do not collect information about numbers dismissed by employers. Teachers are required to satisfy me, on first appointment to a maintained school, as to their health and physical capacity for teaching. Any change during service would be a matter for the employer.