§ 41. Mr. Anthony CoombsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the total cost of supply teachers in England and Wales for 1988–89.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthExpenditure on supply teachers is not separately identified within the spending returns which local education authorities in England make to the Department of the Environment. Supply teachers in Wales are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.