HC Deb 12 February 1991 vol 185 c433W
16. Mr. Gregory

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many qualified religious education teachers are currently employed; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Fallon

In 1988 three were approximately 13,300 full-time teachers in maintained secondary schools in England with a qualification in religious education, of whom 6,400 were teaching the subject.