Written question asked by David Knox (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 26 February 1997. It was answered by Eric Forth (Conservative) on Wednesday, 26 February 1997 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: How many teachers were employed by Staffordshire County Council in each of the past 15 years. - Table given.

Answer: Sir David Knox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers were employed by Staffordshire county council in each of the past 15 years. [17509] Mr. Forth: The number of teachers employed by Staffordshire LEA are shown in the following table. Staff in grant-maintained schools are excluded. Full-time equivalent (fte) numbers of teachers in the LEA maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special education sector _________________________________________________________________________________________________. January Fte 1982 10,380 1983 10,170 1984 10,070 1985 9,800 1986 9,480 1987 9,130 1988 9,120 1989 9,030 1990 9,100 1991 9,290 1992 9,250 1993 8,740 1994 8,430 1995 8,400 1996 8,500 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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