HC Deb 06 July 1995 vol 263 cc359-60W
Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many science teachers in secondary schools are

Record of Ministerial Overseas Travel04 July 1995
Date(s) of visit
Minister From To Country Purpose of visit Numbers in Delegation Expenditure £
Secretary of State 29/04/92 30/4/92 Luxembourg Social Affairs Council 6 2,231.00
Minister of State 11/06/92 12/06/92 Switzerland Conference 2 1,504.00
Secretary of State 11/06/92 12/06/92 Spain/Italy Social Affairs Bilateral 3 3,615.00
Secretary of State 16/06/92 16/06/92 Netherlands Social Affairs Bilateral 3 1,668.00
Secretary of State 23/06/92 24/06/92 Luxembourg Social Affairs Council 7 2,393.00
Minister of State 06/09/92 10/09/92 Poland/Bulgaria Agreement Signing 2 2,200.00
Secretary of State 08/09/92 09/09/92 France Social Affairs Bilateral 3 1,874.00
Secretary of State 14/09/92 17/09/92 Russia UK Know How Fund 4 13,281.00
Viscount Ullswater 21/09/92 23/09/92 France/Belgium Fact Finding Visit 2 1,585.00
Secretary of State 22/09/92 22/09/92 Belgium Social Affairs Council 5 1,841.00

physics graduates; how many of these teach in (a) local authority-run schools, (b) grant-maintained schools, (c) independent schools and (d) others; and what is the proportion of physics graduates among science teachers in each category. [32239]

Mr. Robin Squire

The figures requested are only available for maintained secondary schools in England, including grant-maintained schools. The figures given relate to January 1992. On that date, there were 6,300 science teachers with a degree including physics, excluding BEds. This represented 17 per cent. of all science teachers. Separate figures are not available for grant-maintained schools.