§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will disaggregate for Wales the data contained in tables I, II and III of the Department of Education and Science memorandum contained in the second report of the Select Committee on Education HC 208-II, pp 10–12, session 1989–90.
§ Mr. Roberts[holding answer 22 May 1990]: The information requested is given in the tables.
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Leaving between 31 March 1985 and 31 March 1986 Leaving between 31 March 1980 and 31 March 1981 Number Percentage1 Number Percentage2 Within 10 years of qualifying but after 5 years 11 9.4 4 3.0 More than 10 years after qualifying 21 5.2 20 5.9 All Maths graduates 46 6.8 36 6.0 Wastage among Physics Graduates: Within 2 years of qualifying 0 0 1 14.3 Within 5 years of qualifying but after 2 years 5 15.6 4 9.1 Within 10 years of qualifying but after 5 years 2 4.3 5 6.1 More than 10 years after qualifying 14 4.9 7 3.6 All Physics graduates 21 5.6 17 5.0 1 As a percentage of all in service in specified group at March 1985. 2 As a percentage of all in service in specified group at March 1980.
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Table III Unfilled vacancies in secondary schools by subject January 1984–1988 1984 1985 1986 1987 19881 Percentage vacancies2 Mathematics 18 18 21 7 6 0.4 Computer Studies 0 8 7 5 3 1.3 Chemistry 3 0 4 2 0 0.0 Physics 8 5 7 4 3 0.7 Biology 4 6 2 1 4 0.8 Other Science 8 9 6 3 7 1.1 French 5 4 11 4 5 0.8 German 1 2 0 0 1 0.7 French/German 0 3 1 1 1 n.a. Spanish n.a. 2 0 1 0 0.0 Welsh and other languages3 9 4 8 2 7 1.1 English 16 12 15 10 14 1.1 Drama n.a. 0 4 2 1 1.1 History 3 6 10 1 1 0.2 Social Studies 1 1 5 0 1 0.8 Geography 4 2 13 4 3 0.4 Religious Education 3 8 4 1 0 0.0 CDT 3 8 16 1 7 0.9 Commerce/ Business 3 6 5 5 3 1.1 Art/Light Craft 3 2 4 1 4 0.7 Home Economics/Needlework 7 7 8 2 4 0.6 Music 1 5 5 3 2 0.5 P.E. 5 6 11 3 3 0.4 Remedial 2 7 11 6 5 1.0 Careers 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 Other main subjects 6 2 1 0 1 0.5 Combined subjects 5 3 2 0 1 0.5 Total 118 135 181 69 87 0.7 Head vacancies — — — — 2 — Deputy Head vacancies — — — — 2 — Total vacancies (1988) — — — — 91 — 1Separately identified figures for heads and deputy heads were collected for the first time in 1988 possibly resulting in undercounting in previous years. But to the extent that they were recorded prior to 1988 they will have been allocated to a teaching subject, slightly inflating the number of vacancies in individual subjects relative to their 1988 values. 2Percentage vacancy estimates are based on 1988 figures. 1988 subject teacher numbers have been derived by applying 1989 Secondary School Staffing Survey rates on subject teacher numbers to the teacher numbers recorded at January 1988. 3Vacancy rates are recorded on the Form 618G and vacancies for Welsh teachers are combined with vacancies in other languages.