§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will give(a) the total number of primary schools in which a representative from industry had taken up a teaching or advisory post as of the latest convenient date, (b) the total percentage of primary schools in which a representative from industry had taken up a teaching or advisory post, as of the latest convenient date, (c) a breakdown by local education authority of the 184W number of primary schools in which a representative from industry had taken up a teaching or advisory post, as of the latest convenient date and (d) a breakdown by local education authority of the percentage of primary schools in which a representative from industry had taken up a teaching or advisory post, as of the latest convenient date;
(2) what information he has about (a) the total number of primary school teachers who had previously worked in industry, as of the latest convenient date, (b) the percentage of primary school teachers who had previously worked in industry, as of the latest convenient date, (c) a breakdown by local education authority of the number of primary school teachers who had previously worked in industry, as of the latest convenient date and (d)a breakdown by local education authority of the percentage of primary school teachers who had previously worked in industry, as of the latest convenient date.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe information requested for each local education authority is not available. A sample survey of 500 maintained primary schools and 500 maintained secondary schools in England on school/industry links was undertaken in Industry Year 1986.
The survey shows that there were around 200 to 300 primary schools (about 1 per cent.) where a representative from industry had taken up a teaching or advisory post with them in 1986. Some 20,000 teachers (around 10 per cent.) in primary schools had previously worked in industry.