HC Deb 27 March 1995 vol 257 c449W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for Eduction how many full-time teachers there were in secondary schools with(a) arts, (b) social science and (c) science qualifications in 1979, 1984 and 1994. [15062]

Mr. Robin Squire

The information requested is available only for 1988 and 1992. In those years, the number of full-time teachers in maintained secondary schools in England with qualifications in the different subject areas was as follows:

Thousands
1988 1992
Arts 97.5 84.7
Social Sciences 92.4 91.2
Sciences 96.0 91.2

Where teachers have qualifications in more than one category, they are included in all relevant categories. The total number of full-time teachers in 1988 and 1992 was 191,300 and 175,800 respectively.