§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list for each year since 1979(a) the number and (b) the percentage of qualified physical education teachers in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools. [23669]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe information requested for secondary schools is available only for 1984, 1988 and 1992 from the secondary school staffing surveys. In those years the number of full-time teachers who were teaching physical education in maintained secondary schools in England and who had a post-A-level qualification in physical education was as follows:
Year Number of PE teachers ('000) Number with a PE qualification ('000) Percentage with qualification 1984 37.9 21.6 57 1988 30.3 18.4 61 1992 24.4 16.5 68 The total number of full-time teachers with a physical education qualification, including those not reaching PE, in each year was:
Year All teachers with a PE qualification (thousands) 1984 36.4 1988 31.6 1992 30.3 No figures are available centrally for the number of physical education teachers in primary schools.