§ Ms KellyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many physical education teacher vacancies there were in secondary schools, broken down by region, in each year since 1995. [154480]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe information requested is as follows:
January: Government Office region 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 North East 2 2 1 1 2 1 North West 0 0 1 5 3 3 Yorkshire and Humber 0 1 2 1 3 1 East Midlands 1 0 0 0 1 2 West Midlands 2 3 3 4 6 5 South West 0 0 1 1 2 1 East 4 4 3 5 2 7 London 6 7 10 13 2 7 South East 4 10 6 4 8 3 Total 19 27 27 34 29 30 The estimated vacancy rate for physical education in each year since 1995 is as follows:
Vacancy rate January 1995 0.2 1996 0.2 1997 0.2 1998 0.3 1999 0.3 2000 0.2 The number of regular teachers (excluding short-term supply) in the maintained schools sector in England at January 2000 was 404,600, the highest for 10 years and 6,900 higher than January 1998.There was a growth of 2,300 in the number of people recruited to train to be teachers between 1999–2000 and 2000–01, the first such increase since 1992–93.
333WFrom April 2001 new graduate recruits can expect to earn £17,000 a year (up 6 per cent. from the previous year) and starting salaries in inner London will rise to £20,000 (up 9 per cent. from the previous year).