HC Deb 30 October 2001 vol 373 c622W
David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what provision she will make to ensure the recruitment of 600 new teachers in the East Riding of Yorkshire; and if she will make a statement. [10731]

Mr. Timms

The East Riding of Yorkshire will continue to benefit from Government teacher recruitment and retention initiatives that have already delivered an increase of 11,000 between 1997 and 2001 in the numbers of full-time equivalent regular teachers working in England, and which will deliver a further increase of at least 10,000 over the next five years.