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Dept for Education and Employment

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Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teaching vacancies there are by subject in each education authority in England. [134904] Ms Estelle Morris: The number of vacancies for qualified classroom teachers in maintained secondary schools by subject and English local authority at January 2000 are contained in the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Mathematic Informatio All French German Other French or All English Drama s n Sciences Languages German Languages Technology City of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 London Camden 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Greenwich 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Hackney 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Hammersmith 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 and Fulham Islington 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Kensington 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 and Chelsea Lambeth 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Lewisham 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 0 Southwark 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 Tower 6 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 4 2 Hamlets Wandsworth 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Westminster 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 Barking and 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Dagenham Barnet 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 Bexley 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Brent 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bromley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Croydon 5 1 4 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 Ealing 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 Enfield 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Haringey 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Harrow 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 Havering 2 0 6 2 0 0 1 3 2 0 Hillingdon 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Hounslow 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 Kingston 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 upon Thames Merton 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 Newham 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 Redbridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Richmond 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 upon Thames Sutton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Waltham 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forest Birmingham 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 Coventry 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 Dudley 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Sandwell 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Solihull 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Walsall 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Wolverhampto 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n Knowsley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 St. Helens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sefton 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Wirral 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 Bolton 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bury 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Manchester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oldham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rochdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Salford 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stockport 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Tameside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trafford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wigan 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Barnsley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Doncaster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rotherham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sheffield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bradford 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Calderdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kirklees 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 Leeds 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wakefield 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gateshead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Newcastle 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 upon Tyne North 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 Tyneside South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tyneside Sunderland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Isles of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scilly Bath and 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 North East Somerset City of 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bristol North 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Somerset South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gloucestersh ire Hartlepool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Middlesbroug 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 h Redcar and 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Cleveland Stockton on 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Tees City of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kingston upon Hull East Riding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 of Yorkshire North East 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lincolnshire North 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Lincolnshire North 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Yorkshire York 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Bedfordshire 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 Luton 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Buckinghamsh 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ire Milton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Keynes Derbyshire 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 Derby 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Dorset 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 Poole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bournemouth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Durham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Darlington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 East Sussex 3 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Brighton and 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hove Hampshire 7 3 7 1 0 0 4 5 8 0 Portsmouth 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Southampton 1 2 5 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 Leicestershi 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 re Leicester 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 Rutland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Staffordshir 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 e Stoke-on- 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 Trent Wiltshire 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Swindon 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Bracknell 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Forest Windsor and 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Maidenhead West 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Berkshire Reading 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slough 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Wokingham 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 Cambridgeshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 re Peterborough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cheshire 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Halton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Warrington 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Devon 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Plymouth 3 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 Torbay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Essex 12 3 6 2 1 0 0 3 6 2 Southend on 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 Sea Thurrock 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Herefordshir 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 e Worcestershi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 re Kent 13 1 4 4 0 0 0 4 5 1 Medway 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 Lancashire 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 Blackburn 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 with Darwen Blackpool 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 Nottinghamsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ire Nottingham 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Shropshire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Telford and 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wrekin Cornwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cumbria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gloucestersh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ire Hertfordshir 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 e Isle of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Wight Lincolnshire 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Norfolk 3 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 Northamptons 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hire Northumberla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 nd Oxfordshire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Somerset 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Suffolk 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 Surrey 7 0 4 1 1 0 2 4 1 0 Warwickshire 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 West Sussex 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 England 233 56 156 42 11 30 26 107 129 233 History Social Geography Religious Design Commercia Art, Music Physical Other Totals Sciences Education and l and Craft or Education main and Technolog Business Design combined y Studies subjects City of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 London Camden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 13 Greenwich 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 13 Hackney 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 6 22 Hammersmith 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 and Fulham Islington 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 11 Kensington 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 and Chelsea Lambeth 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 Lewisham 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 Southwark 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 6 28 Tower 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 25 Hamlets Wandsworth 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 Westminster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 Barking and 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 9 Dagenham Barnet 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 19 Bexley 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 16 Brent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 Bromley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Croydon 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 2 28 Ealing 0 0 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 3 17 Enfield 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12 Haringey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12 Harrow 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 14 Havering 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 Hillingdon 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 13 Hounslow 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Kingston 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 upon Thames Merton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 13 Newham 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14 Redbridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Richmond 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11 upon Thames Sutton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Waltham 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 Forest Birmingham 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 18 Coventry 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 14 Dudley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 9 Sandwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 8 Solihull 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 Walsall 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 Wolverhampt 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 on Knowsley 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 St. Helens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sefton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 Wirral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 Bolton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Bury 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Manchester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oldham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Rochdale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Salford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Stockport 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 Tameside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trafford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wigan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 Barnsley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Doncaster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rotherham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sheffield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bradford 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 25 Calderdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kirklees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Leeds 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 Wakefield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Gateshead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Newcastle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 upon Tyne North 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 Tyneside South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Tyneside Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Isles of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scilly Bath and 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 North East Somerset City of 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 Bristol North 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 Somerset South 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Gloucesters hire Hartlepool 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Middlesbrou 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 gh Redcar and 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Cleveland Stockton on 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 Tees City of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kingston upon Hull East Riding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 of Yorkshire North East 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lincolnshir e North 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Lincolnshir e North 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 Yorkshire York 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 Bedfordshir 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 19 e Luton 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 Buckinghams 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 14 hire Milton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Keynes Derbyshire 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 Derby 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 Dorset 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 Poole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bournemouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Durham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Darlington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 East Sussex 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 14 Brighton 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 and Hove Hampshire 1 0 0 1 8 0 1 3 2 3 49 Portsmouth 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 13 Southampton 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 Leicestersh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 ire Leicester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Rutland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Staffordshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 re Stoke-on- 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 13 Trent Wiltshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Swindon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 Bracknell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Forest Windsor and 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 Maidenhead West 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Berkshire Reading 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Slough 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 Wokingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Cambridgesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ire Peterboroug 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 h Cheshire 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 Halton 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Warrington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Devon 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 Plymouth 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 Torbay 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 Essex 1 3 0 5 10 5 0 3 4 5 68 Southend on 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 15 Sea Thurrock 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 9 Herefordshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 re Worcestersh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 ire Kent 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 2 0 8 44 Medway 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 Lancashire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Blackburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 with Darwen Blackpool 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 Nottinghams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hire Nottingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 Shropshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Telford and 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 Wrekin Cornwall 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Cumbria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gloucesters 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 hire Hertfordshi 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 re Isle of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Wight Lincolnshir 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 e Norfolk 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 15 Northampton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 shire Northumberl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 and Oxfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Somerset 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 Suffolk 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 Surrey 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 24 Warwickshir 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 e West Sussex 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 England 12 8 25 36 110 17 24 35 30 140 1,141 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The number of regular teachers in maintained schools increased by 6,900 between January 1998 and January 2000. A survey by my department in the first week of September 2000 of maintained secondary schools in England indicated that there were about 1,000 vacancies at all levels of teachers.

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Reference

355 c489-97W; 134904

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Teachers Secondary education Vacancies

Contains statistics

Yes

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