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Mr. Spearing
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the median years of service of teachers in infant schools in each year from 1980 until the latest year for which figures are available.
Mrs. Rumbold
The information requested is given in the table:
| Median years of service of full-time qualified teachers in infant and first schools in England 1980–87 | |
| 1Years | |
| 1980 | 11 |
| 1981 | 12 |
| 1982 | 13 |
| 1983 | 13 |
| 1984 | 14 |
| 1985 | 13 |
| 1986 | 14 |
| 1987 | 13 |
| 1 All figures in complete years. | |
Source: The Database of Teacher Records.