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Written question asked by Ashok Kumar (Labour) on Monday, 6 July 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 July 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 July 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Teachers and Teaching Assistants: North East

Question
(2) how many classroom assistants were employed in schools in (a) the North East, (b) Tees Valley and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997.
Answer

The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent teachers and teaching assistants in local authority maintained schools in the North East Government office region, Tees Valley sub region and Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland parliamentary constituency in January 1997 to January 2008.

Full-time equivalent teachers and teaching assistants in local authority maintained schools¹. Years: January 1997 to 2008. Coverage: North East Government office region, Tees Valley sub region and Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland parliamentary constituency
Teachers² Teaching assistants³
North East4 Tees Valley4, 5 Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland6 North East6 Tees Valley5, 6 Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland6
1997 22,200 5,170 760 2,870 670 100
1998 21,950 5,910 740 2,990 820 110
1999 22,020 5,860 730 3,130 830 100
2000 22,010 5,940 730 3,450 950 100
2001 22,540 5,900 730 4,280 1,180 130
2002 22,910 6,170 760 4,010 1,030 140
2003 22,670 6,080 780 5,060 1,390 200
2004 22,680 6,000 690 5,630 1,500 220
2005 22,710 5,990 670 6,430 1,730 200
2006 22,770 5,970 670 6,930 1,940 250
2007 22,720 5,940 670 7,450 2,030 260
2008 22,640 5,860 650 8,030 2,410 300
¹ Excludes academies.
² Qualified and unqualified teachers.
³ Teaching assistants include teaching assistants, higher level teaching assistants, special needs support staff and minority ethnic pupil support staff.
4 Source: Annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies, 618g.
5 Tees Valley Sub Region is made up from local authorities Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton and Darlington. Darlington became a new authority in 1998 and is therefore not included in the 1997 figures.
6 Source: School Census.
Note:
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
496 c308W; 285329
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Classroom assistants North East
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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