HC Deb 01 March 2004 vol 418 cc679-80W
Sandra Gidley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many(a) teachers and (b) teacher full-time equivalents were employed by Hampshire county council at each key stage in each year since 1997; [157076]

(2) how many teaching posts are vacant and have been unfilled for over three months at Key Stage (a)1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 in Hampshire; [157287]

(3) if he will list, by subject, teaching vacancies that have been unfilled for more than (a) three months and (b) one year at Key Stages 3 and 4 in Hampshire. [157288]

Mr. Miliband

Information on teacher numbers and vacancies by Key Stage and on the duration of teacher vacancies is not collected centrally. The latest available data on teacher numbers and vacancies in maintained nursery/primary, secondary and special schools by local education authority were published on 20 January in the statistical volume "The School Workforce in England 2003", a copy of which has been placed in the Library. The table is also available on the statistics section of the DfES website at: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/ DB/VOL/v000443/index.Shtml