Written question asked by Anthony Steen (Conservative) on Wednesday, 7 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 May 2001. It was answered by Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) on Thursday, 10 May 2001 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on levels of teacher recruitment and retention in Devon. - Includes figures. (Holding answer 9 March 2001).

Answer: Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on levels of teacher recruitment and retention in Devon. [153175] Ms Estelle Morris: [holding answer 9 March 2001]: Teacher recruitment and wastage are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996-97 1997-98 1998-1999{ 1} Recruits 860 (10.0%) 1,000 (11.6%) 1,040 (11.7%) Wastage 800 (9.2%) 790 (9.1%) 700 (8.0%) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Provisional Notes: 1. Figures in brackets are estimated rates. 2. Some part-time teachers may be omitted from the numbers above if they were not members of the Teachers Pension Scheme. The number of regular teachers (excluding short-term supply) in the maintained schools sector in England at January 2001 was 410,300, the highest since 1984 and 12,600 higher than January 1998. There was a growth of 2,300 in the number of people recruited to train as teachers between 1999-2000 and 2000-01, the first such increase since 1992-93. From April 2001 new graduate recruits can expect to earn £17,000 a year (up 6 per cent. from the previous year) and starting salaries in inner London will rise to £20,000 (up 9 per cent. from the previous year).

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