HC Deb 23 June 1998 vol 314 c463W
Mr. Cox

To 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 Morris

The 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