§ Mr. Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many and what proportion of local authorities in Wales have their full quota of primary teachers and secondary teachers, respectively; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mrs. ThatcherOn 1st February, 1971 three out of the 17 local education authorities in Wales were employing their full quota of teachers.
A single quota covers teachers in maintained primary and secondary schools; it is for the authority to allocate their teachers between them.