Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many unqualified teachers are employed in schools in Bolton.

In November 2013 (the most recent available figures), there were 35 full-time equivalent teachers without qualified teacher status (QTS) working in publicly-funded schools in the Bolton local authority area. This represents 1.4% of teachers employed in the local authority. This information is based on returns from 125 of the 126 schools in the Bolton local authority area.

Further information on the proportion of qualified teachers working in every local authority, and for England as a whole, can be found in the School Workforce in England Statistical First Release, November 2013, published online at:

www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013