Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teachers are currently unemployed.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe latest available information relates to September 1976, when 7,187 people were registered by the Department of Employment as seeking teaching posts in schools in England and Wales, and 1,984 as seeking
FULL-TIME AND SANDWICH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS Number of overseas students Percentage engaged in undergraduate studies Percentage engaged in postgraduate studies Overseas students as percentage of all students 1948–49— England and Wales … 5,041 Not available Not available 7.6 Scotland … 883 Not available Not available 5.2 1958–59*— England and Wales … 8,460 Not available Not available 10.2 Scotland … 1,740 Not available Not available 10.1 1968–69†— England and Wales … 13,837 39.7 60.3 7.8 Scotland … 1,855 58.3 41.7 5.5 1975–76— England and Wales … 29,363 46.4 53.6 12.7 Scotland … 3,590 51.9 48.1 8.7 * For Great Britain as a whole 58.1 per cent. of overseas students were undergraduates and 41.9 per cent. postgraduates. † There was a change of definition of overseas students in 1967–68 which restricted the coverage to that used for fees purposes.