§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many vacancies for teachers there were in the Romsey constituency in(a) 1992, (b) 1997 and (c) 2001 at (i) Key Stage 1, (ii) Key Stage 2 and (iii) Key Stage 3. [155862]
§ Ms Estelle Morris [holding answer 28 March 2001]The information requested is not held centrally. The number of vacancies in January each year and the vacancy rate for the local authorities Hampshire and Southampton, in which the constituency of Romsey lies, are given in the table.
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Southampton and Hampshire Number of vacancies Vacancy rate (Percentage) 1992 53 0.5% 1997 76 0.7 2000 167 1.8 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 as teachers between 1999–2000 and 2000–01, the first such increase since 1992–93.
From 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).