§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her answer of 5 December 2001,Official Report, column 426W, if she will break down the figures by vacancies in (a) nursery, (b) primary, (c) secondary and (d) special schools; and what the equivalent figures are for England. [30127]
§ Mr. TimmsFull-time teacher vacancies in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools reported by the Buckinghamshire local authority were as follows:
January 1998 January 2001 Nursery 0 0 Primary 10 21 Secondary 14 33 Special 11 5 Total 35 59 Full-time teacher vacancies in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools in England were as follows:
January 1998 January 2001 Nursery 69 103 Primary 1,322 2,007 Secondary 968 2,586 Special 233 280 Total 2,592 4,976