§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if she will publish a table showing a 10-year projection of teacher supply based on the existing structure and places of colleges and institutes of education assuming high, medium and low rates of pre-retirement resignation, together with the respective estimates of school population and overall pupil-teacher ratios;
(2) if she will publish a table showing a 10-year projection of teacher supply based on the proposals of the James Committee, assuming a medium rate of pre-retirement resignation and a 25 per cent. and 50 per cent. element of non-teacher trainees in the colleges, respectively, together with the respective estimates of school population and overall pupil-teacher ratio.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeI am considering whether to have further projections of teacher supply prepared for publication and if so on what basis and in what form. They may not accord with the particular requirements set out in the Question.