HC Deb 11 September 2003 vol 410 cc489-90W
Mr. Dodds

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many teachers have left the teaching profession in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997; and how many have been recruited. [126499]

Jane Kennedy

(a) The number of permanent teachers who ceased teaching in a permanent capacity in each academic year since 1997 is as follows:

1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
942 885 869 1089 1114

(b) The number of teachers who obtained employment as a teacher in any capacity in each academic year since 1997 is as follow:

1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
1066 1132 1123 1289 1380