§ Mr. Dixonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the latest average cost of training a teacher in England.
§ Dr. BoysonWith the reorganisation of teacher training within higher education, the costs of teacher training are not precisely distinguishable from the rest of expenditure on higher education. However, the average net institutional cost per student of providing a three-year course of teacher education and training in the public sector is estimated to be of the order of £7,400, at 1980–81 outturn prices.
§ Mr. Dixonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many of those who qualified as teachers in each year from 1978 have still not secured a permanent teaching post (a) in England and (b) in the Northern region; and what information he has as to the figures for Tyne and Wear metropolitan county council area.
§ Dr. BoysonThe information is not available.