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Mr. Tony Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement about current levels of teacher vacancies in the London borough of Newham.
Mr. Fallon
Data provided by the London borough of Newham for the Department's September survey shows that there were 13 secondary vacancies and no primary vacancies at the beginning of the new school year.
| 1979–80 | 1987–88 | 1989–901 | ||||
| Age | Numbers (thousands) | Participation rate Per cent. | Numbers (thousands) | Participation rate Per cent. | Numbers (thousands) | Participation rate Per cent. |
| 16 | 322 | 42 | 350 | 48 | 349 | 55 |
| 17 | 204 | 27 | 237 | 33 | 264 | 39 |
| 16 and 17 | 526 | 34 | 587 | 41 | 613 | 47 |
| 1 Provisional. | ||||||