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Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teacher vacancies there were in Portsmouth, South in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [98097]
Mr. Miliband
Vacancy figures are available only at local authority level. The table provides information available for Portsmouth LEA since it was created in April 1997.
| January | Teachers1 | Vacancies2 | Vacancy Rate 3 (Percentage) |
| 1998 | 1,220 | 23 | 1.9 |
| 1999 | 1,390 | 16 | 1.2 |
| 2000 | 1,310 | 19 | 1.5 |
| 2001 | 1,330 | 59 | 4.5 |
| 2002 | 1,250 | 35 | 2.8 |
| 1 Full-time teachers in post in the maintained schools sector. | |||
| 2 Advertised vacancies for full-time permanent appointments (or appointments of at least one term's duration) in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools. Includes vacancies being filled on a temporary basis. | |||
| 3 Vacancies as a percentage of teachers in post. | |||
Source:
DfES annual 618 survey