§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many extra full-time qualified teachers have been recruited into the profession since 1997. [8899]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 19 October 2001]: The number of full-time qualified regular teachers in the maintained schools sector in England increased by 3,650 between January 1997 and January 2001. Full-time and part-time qualified regular teachers rose by 8,310 (fte) during the same period.
§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if the Government will provide additional financial support to Surrey county council to help it to tackle teacher shortages. [8833]
§ Mr. TimmsThe Government have put in place a £33 million recruitment and retention fund to help schools to put in place local recruitment and retention initiatives. In 2000–01, Surrey received £650,000 from the recruitment and retention fund. We are currently working on the allocation of funding for 2002–03 and will make an announcement in due course.