Written question asked by Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour) on Friday, 8 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Teachers: Manpower

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) teachers and (b) school support staff were in employment in schools in England in each year since 1997; and what the pupil: teacher ratio was in each such year.

Answer: The information requested for 1997, 2001 to 2009 is published in tables 1 and 17 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:"DCSF: School Workforce in England (including Local Authority level figures), January 2009 (Revised)"The information requested for 1998 to 2000 is published in tables 1 and 17 of the Statistical First Release (SFR) 'School Workforce in England (including pupil:teacher ratios and pupil:adult ratios) January 2007 (Revised)' published on 27 September 2007. The SFR is available at the following web link:"DCSF: School Workforce in England (including pupil: teacher ratios and pupil: adult ratios), January 2007 (Revised)"

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