§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will take steps to ascertain from local education authorities the number of pupils under 16 years of age in each of
Thousands Year Qualified teachers, March Gross wastage of qualified teachers Recruitment of new teachers Resulting stock of teachers following March Thousands Of whom, released for induction and in-service training 1971 … 364 34 54 384 2 1974 … 423 38 56 441 6 1975 … 441 40 57 458 17 1976 … 458 41 57 474 19 1977 … 474 41 53 486 20 1978 … 486 42 52 496 20 1979 … 496 41 49 504 21 1980 … 504 42 48 510 22 1981 … 510