§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list (a) the number of teachers unemployed in the September of each year since 1974 and (b) the numbers trained each year who were unable to gain jobs on completion of their courses.
§ Dr. BoysonThe following is the information requested:
a. Numbers of people registered with the Department of Employment in England and Wales as unemployed and seeking school teaching posts were:
September 1974 2,313 1975 3,911 1976 7,187 1977 11,787 1978 11,461 1979 10,430 1980 11,616 b. The numbers of newly trained teachers in England and Wales who were unemployed and still seeking teaching posts in the autumn of each year were*
1974 No comparable data available 1975 1976 10,000 1977 7,500 1978 4,500 1979 2,500 1980 2,500 * The figures come from special surveys and are rounded to the nearest 500. They are calculated on the assumption that newly trained teachers about whom the surveys yielded no information were unemployed in the same proportions as those about whom there was information.