§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he plans to encourage more disabled people to become teachers; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ButcherThe Department's action campaign on teacher recruitment aims to encourage more potentially good teachers to join the profession, including disabled people. Teacher training institutions and employers would of course need to satisfy themselves that all entrants to the profession possess the mental and physical capacity for the demanding job of teaching.