§ Mr. Keyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teachers, by scale position, have left the profession in each of the past 10 years, before normal retirement age has been reached.
§ Mr. DunnReadily available information is as follows. It covers teachers under the normal minimum retirement age of 60 who have left full-time teaching in maintained nursery, primary or secondary schools in England and Wales other than to go to full-time teaching in other maintained, assisted or grant-aided establishments in England and Wales (mainly special schools and further education establishments).
§ Mr. DunnThe effect would be complex but the annual cost of public funds, including some allowance for any necessary capital work, might be of the order of £250 million to £350 million at 1985–86 prices.