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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the teacher vacancy rate was in (a) nursery/ primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) all schools in (i) the constituency of South Suffolk, (ii) the constituency of West Suffolk (iii) the constituency of Ipswich, (iv) the constituency of Suffolk, Coastal, (v) the constituency of Central Suffolk and Ipswich, North, (vi) the constituency of Bury St. Edmunds, (vii) Suffolk local education authority, (viii) East Anglia and (ix) England in (A) 1997-98, (B) 1998-99, (C) 1999-2000 and (D) 2000-01. [11575] Mr. Timms: [holding answer 31 October 2001]: Information on teacher vacancies by constituency is not collected centrally. Teacher vacancy rates in the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools sector from 1998 to 2001, in Suffolk, the east of England government office region and England were as follows: Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. January 1998 January 1999 January 2000 January 2001 Nursery and primary Suffolk 0.4 0.7 0.4 2.2 East of England 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.7 England 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.2 Secondary Suffolk 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.6 East of England 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.7 England 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.4 Maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special sector Suffolk 0.5 0.8 0.5 1.8 East of England 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.7 England 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

11575; 374 c800W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Ipswich Pre-school education Primary education Schools Teachers Secondary education Vacancies Suffolk Bury St Edmunds East of England

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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