§ Mr. David Youngasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what was the total cost from all sources of training the teachers at present unemployed;
(2) what would be the estimated total salaries paid to unemployed teachers had they been in employment.
§ Dr. BoysonIn June 1980 there were 7,283 people in England and Wales who were registered with the Department of Employment as unemployed and seeking teaching posts. Nothing is known of their training, qualifications, ages or former employment, if any. It is therefore impossible to estimate either the cost of their training or the total salaries that would be paid to them in the hypothetical event of them all being employed as teachers in the maintained education sector.