§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many qualified teachers were being employed this September in the maintained primary and secondary schools in England and Wales; what was the corresponding figure for September 1974; and what change there has been in the pupil-teacher ratios.
§ Mr. Mulley450,949 teachers, including the full-time equivalent of part-time teachers, were employed in the maintained schools, other than nursery and 273W special schools, in September 1975; the corresponding figure for September 1974 was 440,410. In January 1975 the pupil-teacher ratio in the primary schools was 24.2 and in the secondary schools 17.2; it is estimated that in January 1976 the ratios are likely to be 23.6 and 17.0, respectively. Full details of the basis of these comparative statistics have been placed in the Library.