Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many unqualified teachers worked in academies in Cambridge constituency in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17; and how many unqualified teachers are working in academies in that constituency.

In November 2015, there were 19.3 full-time equivalent teachers (FTE) without Qualified Teacher Status employed by all academies in the Cambridge constituency. This represents 7.5% of all full time equivalent teachers in academies in the Cambridge constituency.

In November 2016, this rose to 22.4 FTE teachers and represents 8.2% of all FTE teachers in academies in the Cambridge constituency. This is the latest year for which information is available.