HC Deb 20 January 1989 vol 145 c326W
Mr. Ian Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list by region and number of vacancies currently existing in secondary schools for(a) mathematics teachers and (b) science teachers.

Mr. Butcher

In January 1988 (the latest date for which figures are available) the numbers of vacancies in maintained secondary schools for full-time mathematics and science teachers were:

Region Mathematics 1Science
North 4 4
Yorkshire and Humberside 14 18
North West 21 33
East Midlands 10 15
West Midlands 11 20
East Anglia 3 4
Greater London 71 90
Other South East 56 63
South West 15 16
England 205 263
1 Science includes chemistry, physics, biology, other specific sciences, and combined, integrated or general science.