§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the current number of teacher vacancies in each of the education departments of local authorities covering the Greater London area. [46973]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe total number of teacher vacancies in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools in the Greater London area at January 1998 (the latest available information) was as follows:
LEA Vacancies City of London 0 Camden 19 Greenwich 58 Hackney 63 Hammersmith and Fulham 53 Islington 44 Kensington and Chelsea 20 Lambeth 12 Lewisham 52 Southwark 60 Tower Hamlets 66 Wandsworth 49 Westminster 21 Barking and Dagenham 19 Barnet 22 Bexley 8 Brent 35 Bromley 15 Croydon 20 Ealing 52 Enfield 20 Haringey 30 Harrow 12 Havering 15 Hillingdon 29 Hounslow 23 Kingston-upon-Thames 6 Merton 8 Newham 83 Redbridge 22 Richmond-upon-Thames 4 Sutton 10 Waltham Forest 48 Total 999