HC Deb 08 December 1998 vol 322 cc178-80W
Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the total number of qualified teachers who left teaching in each of the years 1992–93 to 1997–98 for reasons other than reaching the normal retirement age; and if he will provide an analysis of the reasons. [61819]

Ms Estelle Morris

The following table shows full and part-time qualified teachers (excluding short term supply teachers) who left teaching in the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools sector in England and Wales, during the financial years shown, by their position at the end of the year.

Changes, made in April and September 1997, to the early retirement arrangements for teachers are now bringing down the numbers of premature and ill-health retirements.

(b) Cambridge and (c) the London School of Economics came from (i) fee-paying private schools and (ii) selective grammar schools in each year since 1968. [62027]

Mr. Mudie

The available information for the years 1994 to 1997 is shown in Table 1. The data are taken from information collected by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). Prior to 1994, the data were collected by the Universities Central Council for Admissions (UCCA) but were not published separately for each university.

Data for Oxford and Cambridge for the years prior to 1994 are however published by the admissions offices of these universities and available data are shown in Table 2, though this does not separately identify grammar schools.

Table 1: Accepted home domiciled applicants to full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses, 1994 to 1997
All accepted applicants of which, percentage whose previous school was:
Year of entry Maintained grammar Independent
Cambridge
1994 2,991 13 46
1995 2,989 14 45
1996 2,767 15 44
1997 3,001 13 45
Oxford
1994 2,891 13 49
1995 2,848 12 50
1996 2,948 13 51
1997 2,942 13 51
LSE
1994 503 9 33
1995 581 10 30
1996 500 11 32
1997 592 10 35
Table 2: Accepted applicants 1 to full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses, 1970 to 1993
All accepted applicants of which, percentage whose previous establishment was:
Year of entry Maintained school or college 2 Independent school 3
Cambridge
1993 3,068 45 45
1992 3,052 46 44
1991 3,015 48 47
1990 3,117 44 44
1989 3,013 47 43
1988 2,933 43 45
1987 3,020 41 47
1986 3,129 39 50
1985 3,098 42 50
1984 2,985 43 49
1983 2,899 48 46
1982 2,792 47 48
1981 2,021 41 51
1980 2,322 46 49
1979 2,239 45 49
1978 2,386 49 48
1977 2,359 44 53
1976 2,455 44 53
1975 2,453 46 50
1974 2,878 42 50
1973 2,887 43 49
1972 2,907 40 52
1971 2,868 40 53
1970 2,715 40 57
Oxford
1993 3,157 44 47
1992 3,184 43 49
1991 3,189 42 48

Table 2: Accepted applicants 1 to full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses, 1970 to 1993
All accepted applicants of which, percentage whose previous establishment was:
Year of entry Maintained school or college 2 Independent school 3
1990 3,110 45 48
1989 3,164 46 46
1988 3,226 45 48
1987 3,070 46 46
1986 2,940 47 45
1985 3,120 43 54
1984 2,853 49 48
1983 2,686 50 47
1982 2,840 49 47
1981 2,836 50 47
1980 2,814 49 49
1979 2,788 47 50
1978 2,850 47 50
1977 2,817 48 50
1976 2,744 47 52
1975 2,719 45 52
1974 2,537 41 53
1973 2,500 42 53
1972 2,497 42 55
1971 2,382 41 55
1970 2,417 43 55
1 Home and overseas students
2 Including HE, FE and Scottish and N. Irish establishments
3 Including Direct Grant establishments