Mr. Cartwcenterasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his most recent estimate of the number of unqualified full-time teachers of mathematics, physical sciences, craft design and technology, modern English, respectively, in maintained secondary schools in (a)
Subject Teachers teaching without having studied Percentage of tuition provided in subject Average number of periods teaching subject Mathematics 12,200 15 11 Physics 3,400 18 10 Chemistry 2,400 10 7 Craft, Design and Technology Not available Not available Not available French 3,200 9 11 German 1,200 14 10 English 13,900 17 10 These figures are for England and Wales; my Department has no comparable information for inner London.