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Student Debt and Loans

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the average level of student debt is after a three year course in higher education. [134686]

Mr. Wicks: The average debt of a borrower with a mortgage-style student loan entering repayment at the start of the financial year 1999-2000, the latest date for which data are available, was £3,210.

Information on private sector debt such as overdrafts and other commercial loans is not available centrally.

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what representations he has received about the student loan repayment administration regulations. [134723]

Mr. Wicks: The regulations governing the repayment of student loans through the tax system from April 2000 were subject to wide consultation. We received a number of helpful suggestions from employer representatives about new arrangements, which are aligned closely to the administration of tax and national insurance. We have announced that we will conduct a review of the impact of the regulations on small businesses in July 2001 and we plan to conduct a full evaluation of the scheme in 2003.

School Leavers (Gap Year)

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of school leavers take a gap year before entering higher education; and what the figure was in 1997-98. [134687]

Mr. Wicks: The latest available information is given in the following table. The figures cover those students with two or more A levels who gain a place on a full-time undergraduate course via the University and College Admissions Service (UCAS) and then defer entry for a year. Students who defer their application to UCAS because they are taking a gap year are therefore excluded.

Accepted applicants with two or more A levels via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)

	Year for which applicants were accepted for entry
	Autumn 1997	Autumn 1999
All accepted applicants with two or more A levels	183,123	183,852
of which:
proportion deferring entry for a year	8.0	8.8

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Commercial Sponsorship (Higher Education)

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what steps he is taking to increase commercial sponsorship in higher education. [134710]

Mr. Wicks: Higher education institutions generate funding from a variety of commercial sources including sponsorship, donations, fees for provision of education and training, contract research and other services. They do so without prejudice to their public funding, while the Higher Education Reach-Out to Business and the Community fund encourages more and closer relationships between industry and higher education. In addition some commercial organisations offer financial support to students in the form of sponsorship. From September 2001 the Government will raise to £4,000 the amount of bursary income that a student may receive from a sponsor before any deduction is made in the level of financial support for which they may be eligible.

Teachers (Drug Use)

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what disciplinary action his Department advises should be taken against teachers who are found to have used illegal drugs. [134716]

Ms Estelle Morris: We take a very serious view of all cases in which teachers are convicted of offences involving illegal drugs, but under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, as with previous legislation under the previous administration, it is for governing bodies of schools to decide how to exercise their disciplinary powers in particular cases of misconduct. They must treat each case on its merits. In our experience employers also take these cases very seriously, however, and a teacher who is convicted of an offence involving illegal drugs will almost invariably be dismissed. Such cases are also reported to my Department so that the Secretary of State can consider exercising his powers under the Education (Restriction of Employment) Regulations 2000 to bar the person from further employment as a teacher, or other work involving regular contact with children or young people in the education service.

Sexual Relationships

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what guidance is issued to schools about the approach towards sexual relationships between pupils aged (a) under 16 years and (b) 16 years or above. [134718]

Jacqui Smith: Sexual relationships involving children under 16 are a criminal offence. Our recently published Sex and Relationship Education guidance sets out the procedure teachers should follow if they become aware that a child under the age of 16 is having, or contemplating having, sex. Our guidance also explains the benefits of and the reasons for young people delaying sexual activity, and this is backed up by our campaign to reduce teenage pregnancies.

Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what his Department's policy is towards sexual relationships discovered between teaching staff and schoolchildren aged 16 years or above. [134938]

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Ms Estelle Morris: A sexual relationship between a teacher and a pupil is a very grave breach of trust regardless of whether the pupil is aged 16 or above. It is regarded as misconduct, and is grounds for disciplinary action, including dismissal, by employers. Such cases are also reported to my Department so that the Secretary of State can consider exercising his powers under the Education (Restriction of Employment) Regulations 2000 to bar the person from further employment as a teacher, or other work involving regular contact with children or young people in the education service.

Under the proposals in the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, it would become a criminal offence for a person aged 18 or over who is looking after children under 18 receiving full-time education at an educational institution to engage in any sexual activity with a child receiving such education at that institution. The Bill is currently before the House of Lords.

Performance Management Visits

(North-west Schools)

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schools in the north-west have successfully used the DfEE website to book a performance management visit; and what percentage of the total number of schools in the north-west this constitutes. [134769]

Ms Estelle Morris: As of 25 October 2000, 60 schools in the north-west region have accessed the Department's website to book a performance management visit. This constitutes almost 2 per cent. of all schools in the north-west. Nationally, however, usage currently averages 9 per cent., representing a range from almost 2 per cent. up to 20 per cent. of schools in other regions using the website to book performance management visits.

Schools can book performance management visits online or using paper forms. Such bookings started property in September 2000. It is too early to draw conclusions about take-up of the online process.

Foundation Degrees

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on his plans for foundation degrees. [134795]

Mr. Wicks: The core features of foundation degrees were set out in a prospectus issued by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) in July. These features will ensure that the foundation degree becomes a valued vocational HE qualification that meets employers' needs. The prospectus also invited bids from consortia of higher education institutions, further education colleges and employers, to design and develop the prototype foundation degree programmes.

HEFCE received proposals from 56 consortia, many including more than one higher education institution, by the 11 October deadline. This represents almost two-thirds of institutions with degree awarding powers drawn from across the higher education sector. We welcome this enthusiastic response and clear commitment to foundation degrees. The successful consortia will be announced in late November.

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Teacher Numbers

Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many full-time and part-time teachers are currently employed by each education authority. [134902]

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Ms Estelle Morris: The number of qualified regular teachers in the maintained sector of each local authority are shown in the following table.

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January 2000

Local authority	Full-time	Part-time (headcount)	Part-time (fte)	Total (fte)
City of London	10	10	(6)--	20
Camden	1,150	330	140	1,290
Greenwich	1,800	460	220	2,020
Hackney	1,370	200	100	1,470
Hammersmith and Fulham	860	200	110	970
Islington	1,210	220	130	1,340
Kensington and Chelsea	560	120	60	610
Lambeth	1,370	390	200	1,570
Lewisham	1,630	490	240	1,870
Southwark	1,600	260	110	1,720
Tower Hamlets	1,880	350	220	2,100
Wandsworth	1,470	360	170	1,640
City of Westminster	1,040	170	90	1,130
Barking and Dagenham	1,380	110	60	1,430
Barnet	2,320	650	330	2,660
Bexley	1,780	240	130	1,910
Brent	1,930	300	140	2,070
Bromley	2,140	390	180	2,320
Croydon	2,440	700	400	2,840
Ealing	2,040	320	150	2,200
Enfield	2,390	430	300	2,700
Haringey	1,690	230	130	1,820
Harrow	1,170	470	190	1,360
Havering	1,690	270	160	1,850
Hillingdon	1,950	310	150	2,100
Hounslow	1,770	280	150	1,920
Kingston upon Thames	930	240	120	1,050
Merton	1,010	220	110	1,120
Newham	2,230	140	80	2,310
Redbridge	1,990	310	160	2,140
Richmond upon Thames	850	380	170	1,020
Sutton	1,320	290	150	1,470
Waltham Forest	1,870	270	140	2,010
Birmingham	9,200	1,220	610	9,820
Coventry	2,540	430	230	2,770
Dudley	2,560	270	140	2,710
Sandwell	2,490	350	180	2,670
Solihull	1,760	300	160	1,920
Walsall	2,130	360	210	2,340
Wolverhampton	2,100	270	130	2,230
Knowsley	1,580	120	60	1,640
Liverpool	3,930	300	170	4,100
St. Helens	1,510	110	50	1,560
Sefton	2,380	290	140	2,520
Wirral	2,790	340	180	2,960
Bolton	2,380	210	100	2,480
Bury	1,390	160	80	1,470
Manchester	3,500	350	200	3,690
Oldham	2,100	230	110	2,210
Rochdale	1,770	200	100	1,870
Salford	1,900	60	30	1,930
Stockport	2,040	340	170	2,210
Tameside	1,860	170	100	1,950
Trafford	1,800	230	110	1,900
Wigan	2,550	250	130	2,680
Barnsley	1,590	90	50	1,630
Doncaster	2,510	300	150	2,660
Rotherham	2,240	240	130	2,370
Sheffield	3,510	880	460	3,970
Bradford	4,250	750	330	4,580
Calderdale	1,680	230	120	1,800
Kirklees	3,040	500	250	3,290
Leeds	5,730	670	360	6,090
Wakefield	2,510	160	70	2,580
Gateshead	1,550	160	70	1,620
Newcastle upon Tyne	2,010	250	110	2,120
North Tyneside	1,490	200	100	1,600
South Tyneside	1,260	110	40	1,310
Sunderland	2,530	150	80	2,610
Isles of Scilly	20	10	(6)--	20
Bath and North East Somerset	1,210	290	140	1,350
City of Bristol	2,410	640	270	2,680
North Somerset	1,240	230	120	1,360
South Gloucestershire	1,860	430	230	2,090
Hartlepool	790	50	30	820
Middlesbrough	1,230	110	60	1,290
Redcar and Cleveland	1,230	140	60	1,290
Stockton on Tees	1,610	190	90	1,700
City of Kingston upon Hull	1,940	210	140	2,080
East Riding of Yorkshire	2,260	420	220	2,490
North East Lincolnshire	1,300	150	70	1,370
North Lincolnshire	1,190	200	90	1,280
North Yorkshire	4,310	1,040	490	4,800
York	1,180	320	160	1,340
Bedfordshire	3,010	560	290	3,290
Luton	1,480	240	120	1,600
Buckinghamshire	3,390	860	490	3,880
Milton Keynes	1,600	250	120	1,730
Derbyshire	5,090	1,050	540	5,640
Derby	1,710	340	150	1,860
Dorset	2,500	550	270	2,770
Poole	930	150	70	1,000
Bournemouth	980	190	110	1,080
Durham	3,980	320	160	4,140
Darlington	760	70	30	790
East Sussex	3,150	810	390	3,540
Brighton and Hove	1,440	390	200	1,640
Hampshire	8,000	1,690	910	8,910
Portsmouth	1,330	170	90	1,410
Southampton	1,500	330	130	1,630
Leicestershire	4,330	1,330	550	4,880
Leicester	2,310	560	260	2,570
Rutland	210	10	(6)--	210
Staffordshire	6,260	940	450	6,710
Stoke-on-Trent	1,810	170	90	1,900
Wiltshire	2,740	680	350	3,080
Swindon	1,370	240	120	1,490
Bracknell Forest	670	150	80	760
Windsor and Maidenhead	870	200	100	970
West Berkshire	1,310	280	130	1,440
Reading	880	250	90	970
Slough	920	170	80	1,000
Wokingham	1,120	330	120	1,240
Cambridgeshire	3,500	750	380	3,890
Peterborough	1,510	190	90	1,600
Cheshire	5,160	860	420	5,580
Halton	1,080	100	60	1,140
Warrington	1,530	230	90	1,620
Devon	4,350	1,380	590	4,940
Plymouth	2,000	320	160	2,160
Torbay	800	220	110	910
Essex	9,490	1,640	740	10,240
Southend on Sea	1,210	220	140	1,350
Thurrock	1,030	120	50	1,080
Herefordshire	1,150	320	140	1,290
Worcestershire	3,830	790	370	4,200
Kent	10,140	2,340	1,020	11,150
Medway	1,940	390	180	2,130
Lancashire	8,930	1,470	760	9,700
Blackburn with Darwen	1,280	180	90	1,380
Blackpool	960	120	60	1,020
Nottinghamshire	5,440	1,040	510	5,940
Nottingham	1,900	330	160	2,060
Shropshire	1,860	340	170	2,030
Telford and Wrekin	1,230	220	110	1,340
Cornwall	3,380	870	320	3,700
Cumbria	3,730	910	480	4,210
Gloucestershire	4,010	1,260	600	4,610
Hertfordshire	7,950	1,910	970	8,920
Isle of Wight	970	180	90	1,060
Lincolnshire	4,650	1,270	400	5,050
Norfolk	5,360	980	480	5,840
Northamptonshire	5,060	840	430	5,490
Northumberland	2,320	560	260	2,590
Oxfordshire	4,050	1,060	540	4,590
Somerset	3,150	750	350	3,500
Suffolk	4,880	990	510	5,390
Surrey	6,440	1,560	820	7,260
Warwickshire	3,620	830	420	4,030
West Sussex	4,900	1,480	630	5,520
England	367,150	68,020	33,350	400,500

⁽⁶⁾ Indicates less than five.

Note:

All numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Rounded totals may not be the sum of the rounded component parts.

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The number of regular teachers in the maintained sector has increased by 6,900 since January 1998.

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]

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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:

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	Mathematics	Information Technology	All Sciences	French	German	Other Languages	French or German	All Languages	English	Drama
City of London	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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 and Fulham	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Islington	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Kensington and Chelsea	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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 Hamlets	6	1	2	0	0	2	1	3	4	2
Wandsworth	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Westminster	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	0
Barking and Dagenham	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
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 upon Thames	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
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 upon Thames	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Sutton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Waltham Forest	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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
Wolverhampton	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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 upon Tyne	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
North Tyneside	6	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
South Tyneside	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sunderland	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Isles of Scilly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bath and North East Somerset	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
City of Bristol	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Somerset	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
South Gloucestershire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hartlepool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Middlesbrough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Redcar and Cleveland	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Stockton on Tees	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
City of Kingston upon Hull	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Riding of Yorkshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North East Lincolnshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Lincolnshire	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
North Yorkshire	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
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
Buckinghamshire	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Milton Keynes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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 Hove	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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
Leicestershire	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Leicester	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	1
Rutland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Staffordshire	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoke-on-Trent	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Wiltshire	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Swindon	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Bracknell Forest	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Windsor and Maidenhead	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
West Berkshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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
Cambridgeshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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 Sea	3	0	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	0
Thurrock	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Herefordshire	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Worcestershire	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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 with Darwen	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Blackpool	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Nottinghamshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nottingham	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Shropshire	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Telford and Wrekin	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cornwall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cumbria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gloucestershire	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Hertfordshire	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Isle of Wight	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Lincolnshire	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Norfolk	3	0	4	0	0	2	0	2	1	0
Northamptonshire	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northumberland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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

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	History	Social Sciences	Geography	Religious Education	Design and Technology	Commercial and Business Studies	Art, Craft or Design	Music	Physical Education	Other main and combined subjects	Totals
City of London	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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 and Fulham	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8
Islington	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	2	11
Kensington and Chelsea	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
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 Hamlets	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	25
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 Dagenham	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	9
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 upon Thames	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	7
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 upon Thames	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	11
Sutton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Waltham Forest	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3
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
Wolverhampton	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
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 upon Tyne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
North Tyneside	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13
South Tyneside	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Sunderland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Isles of Scilly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bath and North East Somerset	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
City of Bristol	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
North Somerset	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6
South Gloucestershire	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Hartlepool	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Middlesbrough	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
Redcar and Cleveland	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
Stockton on Tees	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4
City of Kingston upon Hull	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Riding of Yorkshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North East Lincolnshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Lincolnshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
North Yorkshire	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	5
York	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	5
Bedfordshire	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	5	19
Luton	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9
Buckinghamshire	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	14
Milton Keynes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
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 and Hove	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
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
Leicestershire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6
Leicester	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
Rutland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Staffordshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10
Stoke-on-Trent	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	13
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 Forest	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
Windsor and Maidenhead	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	5
West Berkshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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
Cambridgeshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peterborough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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 Sea	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	0	15
Thurrock	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	9
Herefordshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Worcestershire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
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 with Darwen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Blackpool	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6
Nottinghamshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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 Wrekin	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3
Cornwall	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Cumbria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gloucestershire	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
Hertfordshire	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	7
Isle of Wight	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Lincolnshire	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	8
Norfolk	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	15
Northamptonshire	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Northumberland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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
Warwickshire	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	6
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

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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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