Pre-School Education: Teachers

Annette Brooke
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the likely demand for specialist qualified early years teachers for early years settings in each of the next three years.

Beverley Hughes
We are currently carrying out a modelling exercise to determine the demand for teachers, including those with experience and knowledge of the early years, for the period from 2008 to 2011. The results of this will be available at the end of 2007.