§ Mr. FlookTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many vacancies there are for(a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers in the Somerset LEA. [123581]
§ Mr. MilibandThere were two vacancies in maintained nursery and primary schools and eight in maintained secondary schools for full-time qualified teachers in Somerset LEA at January 2002. These are the most recent figures available at local authority level.
Provisional regional and national figures for January 2003 were published in statistical first release 10/2003 in April 2003. The total number of vacancies in maintained nursery and primary schools in the South West Government Office Region fell from 60 at January 2002 (a vacancy rate of 0.4 per cent., compared to a national average of 1 per cent.) to 40 at January 2003 (a vacancy rate of 0.3 per cent., compared to a national average of 0.6 per cent.). The total number of vacancies in maintained secondary schools in the south-west fell from 100 in January 2002 (a vacancy rate of 0.5 per cent., compared to a national average of 1.3 per cent.) to 70 in January 2003 (a vacancy rate of 0.4 per cent., compared to a national average of 1.1 per cent.).