HC Deb 02 May 1989 vol 152 c71W
13. Mr. Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what measures he is taking to encourage those qualified teachers who no longer teach in state schools to return to teaching.

Mrs. Rumbold

Former teachers returning to teaching already make up over half of all new teaching appointments each year. The Department and the teaching as a career unit have been discussing with all LEAs ways in which they can maximise teacher recruitment from this source.