HC Deb 13 November 1980 vol 992 cc285-6W
Mr. David Young

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many teachers are unemployed at the moment.

Mr. Jim Lester

[pursuant to his reply, 3 November 1980, c. 425.]: At 11 September, the latest date for which an occupational analysis of the unemployed is available, there were 14,597 unemployed people registered at employment offices in the United Kingdom for employment as school teachers.