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Dept for Education and Employment

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Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teacher vacancies in (i) maintained nursery schools, (ii) maintained primary schools and (iii) maintained secondary schools there were in (a) Great Britain and (b) each local education authority, for each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [127208] Ms Estelle Morris: [holding answer 23 June 2000]: The following table shows the number of full-time teacher vacancies in maintained nursery and primary schools{1} and maintained secondary schools, in England, January 1997 to 2000, by local authority{2}. {1} Teacher vacancies in nursery schools are not collected separately. {2} New unitary local authorities created by local government re-organisation are shown immediately following the reference to their former local authority. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 1998 1999 2000 Nursery and Secondary Nursery and Secondary Nursery and Secondary Nursery and Secondary Primary Primary Primary Primary former Durham 4 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- Darlington -- -- 3 4 0 0 3 0 Durham -- -- 11 7 2 0 2 0 Hartlepool 4 3 3 1 6 3 2 1 Middlesbrough 1 3 5 6 4 2 2 2 Redcar and Cleveland 5 2 1 9 2 4 0 5 Stockton on Tees 3 9 3 6 2 5 1 5 Northumberland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gateshead 6 1 3 1 9 0 5 0 Newcastle upon Tyne 4 1 3 2 7 10 4 5 North Tyneside 0 0 0 0 10 16 1 14 South Tyneside 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 Sunderland 10 5 7 7 6 5 9 4 former Lancashire 13 18 27 9 -- -- -- -- Blackburn with Darwen -- -- -- -- 11 3 7 6 Blackpool -- -- -- -- 2 1 3 6 Lancashire -- -- -- -- 18 12 17 4 former Cheshire 15 6 25 14 -- -- -- -- Halton -- -- -- -- 2 2 1 5 Warrington -- -- -- -- 7 0 9 2 Cheshire -- -- -- -- 10 4 12 11 Cumbria 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 Bolton 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 Bury 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 Manchester 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oldham 12 8 10 3 6 3 7 4 Rochdale 9 0 10 2 4 2 2 2 Salford 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 Stockport 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 6 Tameside 1 4 2 4 0 5 1 0 Trafford 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 Wigan 9 4 5 0 5 10 3 10 Knowsley 1 3 6 7 3 1 5 6 Liverpool 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 2 St. Helens 4 4 1 4 4 1 1 0 Sefton 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 5 Wirral 5 2 4 10 13 4 2 8 East Riding of Yorkshire 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 City of Kingston Upon Hull 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 North East Lincolnshire 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 North Lincolnshire 3 3 2 0 4 3 8 2 York 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 5 North Yorkshire 0 0 8 8 3 5 4 5 Barnsley 1 0 2 5 1 1 0 2 Doncaster 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Rotherham 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Sheffield 9 4 14 6 2 0 6 0 Bradford 0 2 14 34 15 3 14 28 Calderdale 12 8 11 3 4 1 3 0 Kirklees 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 3 Leeds 1 9 16 9 6 1 8 10 Wakefield 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 former Derbyshire 22 10 -- -- -- -- -- -- Derby -- -- 6 4 13 6 8 11 Derbyshire -- -- 25 13 11 13 25 11 former Leicestershire 21 11 -- -- -- -- -- -- Leicester -- -- 2 9 5 8 11 9 Leicestershire -- -- 5 7 8 3 7 6 Rutland -- -- 1 1 0 1 2 0 former Nottinghamshire 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- Nottingham -- -- -- -- 0 0 18 6 Nottinghamshire -- -- -- -- 0 0 0 0 Lincolnshire 20 12 37 21 11 11 11 8 Northamptonshire 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 9 former Hereford and 1 3 1 6 -- -- -- -- Worcester Herefordshire -- -- -- -- 2 4 8 3 Worcestershire -- -- -- -- 6 5 3 3 former Staffordshire 1 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- Stoke on Trent -- -- 10 8 2 1 8 14 Staffordshire -- -- 13 8 15 6 17 10 former Shropshire 1 2 1 0 -- -- -- -- Telford and Wrekin -- -- -- -- 0 0 7 4 Shropshire -- -- -- -- 0 1 1 1 Warwickshire 4 6 11 1 9 5 7 6 Birmingham 9 23 7 30 59 12 39 21 Coventry 4 8 4 3 2 10 8 15 Dudley 7 1 5 9 2 5 7 9 Sandwell 8 12 8 7 17 11 7 8 Solihull 1 2 3 4 2 0 5 6 Walsall 4 4 15 21 5 7 2 6 Wolverhampton 5 4 2 6 14 19 5 5 former Bedfordshire 26 7 -- -- -- -- -- -- Luton -- -- 7 16 7 17 5 9 Bedfordshire -- -- 11 12 5 19 20 19 former Cambridgeshire 2 4 1 6 -- -- -- -- Peterborough -- -- -- -- 0 2 0 0 Cambridgeshire -- -- -- -- 1 0 0 0 former Essex 45 33 56 46 -- -- -- -- Southend on Sea -- -- -- -- 6 3 5 16 Thurrock -- -- -- -- 48 34 19 9 Essex -- -- -- -- 9 12 83 73 Hertfordshire 21 12 31 36 12 19 10 7 Norfolk 18 12 19 11 47 10 15 15 Suffolk 15 15 8 14 14 17 8 11 Camden 7 9 12 2 21 8 17 13 City of London 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Hackney 23 1 51 9 38 30 47 22 Hammersmith and Fulham 16 8 35 12 15 8 14 8 Haringey 22 20 20 10 20 13 19 14 Islington 3 14 27 15 10 3 20 11 Kensington and Chelsea 0 0 17 3 3 6 3 2 Lambeth 20 4 6 6 46 12 36 12 Lewisham 16 7 31 18 21 8 18 20 Newham 70 29 61 21 34 3 40 14 Southwark 18 6 54 6 47 14 42 30 Tower Hamlets 45 12 52 13 80 12 71 26 Wandsworth 16 13 29 5 17 12 13 10 City of Westminster 16 2 13 4 14 11 15 14 Barking and Dagenham 27 14 10 7 12 3 8 9 Barnet 9 6 8 14 11 21 29 20 Bexley 1 4 1 5 0 7 13 16 Brent 16 10 20 8 13 17 5 5 Bromley 6 5 11 4 6 7 9 3 Croydon 21 2 8 5 25 11 8 28 Ealing 15 8 17 30 32 22 14 14 Enfield 5 4 11 6 19 9 13 15 Greenwich 5 14 31 22 52 9 16 14 Harrow 4 1 9 2 12 5 24 14 Havering 0 9 0 15 3 10 1 17 Hillingdon 10 9 15 13 8 19 9 14 Hounslow 7 7 8 14 5 10 3 5 Kingston upon Thames 0 3 5 1 6 3 1 7 Merton 5 3 7 0 5 6 3 13 Redbridge 2 2 7 10 7 7 6 1 Richmond upon Thames 3 0 2 1 2 2 3 12 Sutton 3 2 4 5 2 5 0 1 Waltham Forest 35 6 43 4 2 5 0 4 former Berkshire 2 3 0 5 -- -- -- -- Bracknell Forest -- -- -- -- 0 0 4 5 Reading -- -- -- -- 0 2 10 4 Slough -- -- -- -- 8 10 3 10 West Berkshire -- -- -- -- 2 0 4 0 Windsor and Maidenhead -- -- -- -- 3 6 4 5 Wokingham -- -- -- -- 9 5 5 9 former East Sussex 18 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- Brighton and Hove -- -- 8 5 2 2 5 6 East Sussex -- -- 18 11 10 12 9 14 Isle of Wight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 former Kent 67 27 55 34 -- -- -- -- Medway -- -- -- -- 10 6 4 9 Kent -- -- -- -- 52 37 32 48 former Buckinghamshire 16 18 -- -- -- -- -- -- Milton Keynes -- -- 5 0 8 2 6 1 Buckinghamshire -- -- 10 14 18 15 36 16 former Hampshire 43 33 -- -- -- -- -- -- Portsmouth -- -- 8 15 10 3 6 13 Southampton -- -- 6 13 6 9 8 17 Hampshire -- -- 38 19 36 57 89 53 Oxfordshire 1 0 4 3 7 4 4 4 Surrey 18 19 27 14 11 9 13 24 West Sussex 29 8 31 8 9 8 27 11 Bath and North East Somerset 3 0 5 0 3 1 3 1 former Dorset 4 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- Bournemouth -- -- 0 0 0 1 0 2 Poole -- -- 1 2 2 3 2 0 Dorset -- -- 9 7 1 1 9 10 City of Bristol 8 6 9 5 6 6 9 4 North Somerset 7 2 5 5 3 7 8 6 former Devon 12 10 15 7 -- -- -- -- Plymouth -- -- -- -- 0 5 4 19 Torbay -- -- -- -- 2 1 2 5 Devon -- -- -- -- 6 2 18 10 South Gloucestershire 8 2 3 4 3 1 2 1 former Wiltshire 10 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- Swindon -- -- 5 2 8 2 5 5 Wiltshire -- -- 5 13 17 4 10 4 Cornwall 6 3 6 2 6 0 8 3 Isles of Scilly 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gloucestershire 12 2 3 5 5 4 20 5 Somerset 0 0 1 3 7 4 6 4 Engla 1,088 726 1,391 968 1,376 939 1,420 1,242 nd _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The supply of teachers in Scotland is the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament and in Wales the responsibility of the National Assembly for Wales.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

127208; 352 c551-6W;352 c551-5W

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Primary education Teachers Secondary education Vacancies

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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