§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the, Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teacher vacancies in each subject there were in(a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools, (c) special schools and (d) all schools in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority; and if he will express the numbers as a percentage of all teachers. [133676]
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§ Mr. MilibandThe tables showing the number of teacher vacancies in maintained secondary schools in England have been placed in the Libraries. Vacancies by subject are available only for secondary schools. The most recent data available at local education authority level are for January 2003. Vacancy rates are not available because data for the denominator (teacher numbers by subject, by local education authority) are not collected.
Teacher vacancies are defined as advertised vacancies for full-time permanent appointments (or appointments of at least one term's duration). This includes vacancies being filled on a temporary basis unless filled by someone with a fixed term contract of one term or more.