Written question asked by Mark Francois (Conservative) on Friday, 14 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 November 2003. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 November 2003 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the vacancy figure for primary school teachers in Essex was on 1st September. - Including ref to table 17 of the Schools Workforce in England statistical first release (SFR) of 9 September 2003, in Library and at http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000411/index.shtml.

Answer: Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the vacancy figure for primary school teachers in Essex was on 1 September 2003. [139523] Mr. Miliband: Vacancy information is collected in January of each year. Information for January 2003 is shown in table 17 of the Schools Workforce in England statistical first release (SFR) of 9 September 2003. A copy of this SFR 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/rsgatewav/ DB/SFR/s000411/index.shtml

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