§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Education for each main subject, what percentage of teachers,916W according to the 1993 secondary schools staffing survey, without a past A-level qualification in that subject, taught that subject in the survey week.
§ Mr. BoswellThe following table is derived from the 1992 secondary schools staffing survey and shows the percentage of full-time secondary teachers in England who gave some tuition in a subject in which they held no post-A level academic qualification, and the percentage of tuition this represented. About half of this tuition was by teachers with five or more years experience of teaching the subject.
Subject Per cent. Of teachers without a qualification Tuition by these teachers as per cent. of all tuition in subject Mathematics 22 10 Biology 14 11 Chemistry 5 3 Physics 6 4 General Science 16 9 CDT 50 34 English 27 14 French 18 9 German 24 13 Other Languages 34 19 History 28 11 Geography 29 10 Music 19 5 Art 24 7 Physical Education 32 9 Religious Education 54 25 The Government have, for a number of years, provided substantial support for programmes to enhance and update teachers' subject knowledge in support of the national curriculum.