§ 20. Mr. Patrick ThompsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the current supply of teachers and on the position at this time in 1989.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThe Department collects data on vacant posts from local education authorities each January. I hope that local authorities will submit their returns for January 1990 quickly. We shall publish the results as soon as they are available. Data for 1989 were shown in the reply my right hon. Friend gave on 21 December 1989 to the hon. Member for Blackburn (Mr. Straw) at columns353–55.