HC Deb 21 July 1999 vol 335 c540W
Mr. Alan Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of teachers in maintained(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in England and Wales were aged (i) under 30, (ii) 31–40, (iii) 41–50 and (iv) over 50 years in each of the years from 1996 to 1999. [91942]

Ms Estelle Morris

Full-time qualified teachers in the maintained sector in England and Wales, 1996 and 19971, by phase and age are as follows:

Percentage of all ages
31 March 1996 31 March 19972
Nursery and Primary
Under 31 20.9 22.0
31–40 20.2 20.0
41–50 43.1 42.9
Over 50 15.7 15.2
All ages 100.0 100.0
Secondary
Under 31 16.8 17.9
31–40 25.3 24.3
41–50 43.3 43.4
Over 50 14.6 14.5
All ages 100.0 100.0
1 Data on teachers by age are not yet available for 1998 and 1999.
2 1997 data are provisional.