§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the deficit or vacancies for qualified teachers in secondary schools in England 231W and Wales in each of the following subjects for each of the years 1965 to 1975; metalwork, engineering and workshop practice and technical drawing.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonI regret that the information is not available in the
TEACHER SHORTAGES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND AND WALES 1969 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 Teacher Shortage Engineering 431 43 121 90 122 117 Handicraft, including woodwork, metalwork and technical drawing 293 595 593 961 1,420 1,418 Teacher Surplus Engineering 644 65 29 8 43 77 Handicraft, including woodwork, metalwork and technical drawing 539 310 326 604 534 652 Net Surplus/Shortage Engineering +213 +22 -92 -82 -79 -40 Handicraft, including woodwork, metalwork and technical drawing +246 -285 -267 -357 -886 -766 Teacher shortage in any subject is defined as the sum of the vacant posts for teachers of any particular subject plus the number of teachers the schools would like to have of teachers of that subject.
Teacher surplus is defined as the number of teachers of any particular subject whom the schools would like to exchange for teachers described above.