Written question asked by Angela Watkinson (Conservative) on Thursday, 19 July 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 5 December 2001. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Wednesday, 5 December 2001 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many supply teachers are on register; and how many were on the register in each of the past five years. - Inc table.

Answer: Angela Watkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many supply teachers are on register; and how many were on the register in each of the past five years. [6548] Mr. Timms: My Department does not hold a central register of supply teachers. The numbers of qualified occasional teachers (short-term supply teachers on contracts of less than one month) employed in the maintained schools sector in England for the whole day, on the third Thursday in January were as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. January Number 1997 13,600 1998 13,200 1999 14,100 2000 16,700 2001 19,600 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Supply, temporary and agency teachers on a contract of at least one month cannot be separately identified from teachers in regular service.

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