To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many vacancies for full-time secondary school teachers there were in Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (223818)

The number of vacancies for full-time secondary school teachers in Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years are shown in the following table.

Further details can be found in the School Workforce Statistical First Releases (SFR), the most recent of which was published on 25 September and can be found at:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000813/index.shtml

Information on teacher vacancies can be found in table 7.