Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 21 June 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 June 2005. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Thursday, 30 June 2005 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Teachers

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) full-time teachers and (b) full-time equivalent teachers and (c) full-time equivalent teaching assistants there were in the London borough of Sutton in (i) 1985 and (ii) the last year for which figures are available.

Answer

The following table provides the available information. The numbers of teaching assistants for 1985 are not available—collection of data comparable with those for 2004 did not commence until 1995 and these have been included in the table.

Teacher and teaching assistant numbers, Sutton LEA
	1985	1995	2004
Teachers
Full-time	1,140	1,230	1,440
Full-time equivalent	1,210	1,360	1,700
Teaching assistants
Full-time equivalent	n/a	120	370
n/a = not available
Sources: Annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies (form 618g) for teacher numbers. Annual School Census for teaching assistants.
⁽³⁵⁾ Includes full-time regular qualified teachers.
⁽³⁶⁾ Includes the full-time equivalent of all regular teachers.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 435 c1725W; 7246
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Classroom assistants Teachers Sutton

Teachers

Secondary information

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