Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Friday, 17 September 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 13 October 2004. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 October 2004 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, how many teaching posts were (a) vacant and (b) filled by supply, temporary and agency teachers in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in the Buckinghamshire local education authority in January (A) 2002, (B) 2003 and (C) 2004. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teaching posts were (a) vacant and (b) filled by supply, temporary and agency teachers in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in the Buckinghamshire local education authority in January (A) 2002, (B) 2003 and (C) 2004. [189849] Mr. Miliband: The following table gives the total number of full-time vacancies and occasional teachers in service in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in Buckinghamshire local education authority in January 2002, 2003 and 2004. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2002 2003 2004 Nursery and primary schools Vacancies 16 5 2 Occasional teachers 50 30 30 Secondary schools Vacancies 32 34 28 Occasional teachers 50 50 60 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Form 618g survey. Vacancies include all advertised posts of at least one term's duration excluding those covered by a teacher with a contract of a term of more. Teachers in occasional service are all those in supply service or with a contract of less than one month, including those employed through an agency, who were employed for the whole of the survey date.

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