Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 19 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 November 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 7 December 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Teachers: South East

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants were employed in each local education authority area in the South East in each year since 1997.

Answer: The information requested for 1997, 2001 to 2009 is published in tables 19 and 26 of the Statistical First Release (SFR) "School Workforce in England (including Local Authority level figures) January 2009 (Revised)" published on 29 September 2009. The SFR is available at the following web link:"http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000874/Tables19to27_Vals.xls"The information requested for 1998 to 2000 is published in tables 18 and 24 of the Statistical First Release (SFR) "School Workforce in England (including pupil:teacher ratios and pupil:adult ratios), January 2006 (Revised)" published on 28 September 2006. The SFR is available at the following web link:"http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000681/index.shtml"

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