§ Mrs. Wiseasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teachers in secondary schools are teaching mathematics as a principal subject despite having only qualifications not relevant to mathematics teaching.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonI regret that this information is not available. However, my Department has carried out a sample survey of maintained secondary schools, the analysed results of which will make it possible to relate teachers' tuition subjects to their qualifications. The results will be available by the end of the year.