HC Deb 13 February 2001 vol 363 cc91-2W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) primary and (b) secondary school teacher vacancies there are in schools in the London borough of Wandsworth. [149367]

Ms Estelle Morris

Full-time teacher vacancies in maintained schools in the London borough of Wandsworth at January 2000 are as follows.

Number of vacancies Vacancy rate (Percentage)
Nursery/primary
Wandsworth 13 1.7
England 1,420 0.8
Secondary
Wandsworth 10 1.7
England 1,250 0.7

The number of regular teachers in maintained schools in England increased by 6,900 between January 1998 and January 2000 (7,400 in England and Wales).

There was a growth of more than 2,000 in the number of people training to be teachers between 1999–2000 and 2000–01, the first such increase since 1992–93.

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