§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to ensure that local education authorities keep and publicise an up-to-date register of (a) would-be returning teachers, full or part-time, (b) teachers currently in employment who wish to work part-time and (c) teachers who wish to act as substitute teachers in the absence of full or part-time staff, and that this register is circulated to all teachers on it, together with details of all part-time and fixed-term vacancies.
§ Dr. BoysonNo. The need for such a register must be a matter for individual authorities to decide in the light of local staffing policies.