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Written question asked by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) on Friday, 12 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 December 2008. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 December 2008 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Teachers: Manpower

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2008, Official Report, columns 187-88W, on teachers: pay, how many staff in local authority maintained schools were employed as (a) teachers, (b) teaching assistants and (c) support staff in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 2007-08 in (A) Vale of York constituency and (B) England.
Answer

The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of teachers, teaching assistants and support staff employed in local authority maintained schools in the Vale of York constituency and England, January 1997 and 2008.

Full-time equivalent teachers¹, teaching assistants² and support staff³ in local authority maintained schools—years: 1997 and 2008, coverage: Vale of York constituency and England
January
1997 2008
Vale of York constituency
Teachers4 660 770
Teaching assistants4 60 300
Support staff³, 4 150 480
England
Teachers5 399,180 434,870
Teaching assistants4 60,580 175,660
Support staff³, 4 133,480 322,400
¹ Includes qualified and unqualified teachers.
² 'Teaching assistants' include teaching assistants, special needs support staff and minority ethnic pupil support staff.
³ Includes teaching assistants.
4 Source: School Census.
5 Source: Annual Survey of Teachers in Service and Teacher Vacancies, 618g.
Notes:
1. Excludes academies and city technology colleges.
2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
485 c761-2W; 244588
Session
2008-09
Related items
Teachers: Pay
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Teachers: Pay
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Classroom assistants Staff Teachers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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