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Dept for Education and Skills

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Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary and secondary teachers, and (b) school support staff there were per thousand of population in (i) Staffordshire (ii) other shire authorities in each year since 1995. [24933] Mr. Timms: Full-time equivalent regular teachers in maintained primary and secondary schools in existing and former non-metropolitan local authorities{1}, per thousand of population{2}, in January of each year, were as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Isles of Scilly 13.3 13.4 10.6 11.5 11.1 8.8 10.0 Former Avon 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.2 Former Cleveland 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.6 8.5 8.7 8.7 Former Humberside 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.6 7.7 8.0 8.0 Former North Yorkshire 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.8 8.0 8.1 Former Bedfordshire 8.8 8.6 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.4 8.2 Former Buckinghamshire 7.9 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.6 7.7 7.8 Former Derbyshire 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.6 Former Dorset 6.3 6.2 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.9 Former Durham 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.7 7.8 7.8 7.8 Former East Sussex 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.6 Former Hampshire 7.1 7.0 7.0 6.9 7.0 6.9 6.9 Former Leicestershire 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.9 8.1 8.0 8.3 Former Staffordshire 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.7 7.7 7.8 Former Wiltshire 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.5 Former Berkshire 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.5 7.5 Former Cambridgeshire 7.8 7.6 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.3 Former Cheshire 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.2 Former Devon 6.9 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.2 Former Essex 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.7 7.6 7.8 Former Hereford and 7.5 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.5 Worcester Former Kent 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.0 7.9 8.1 8.1 Former Lancashire 8.0 7.8 7.7 7.8 7.9 8.0 7.9 Former Nottinghamshire 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.5 7.5 Former Shropshire 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.4 7.5 7.8 Cornwall 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.3 7.4 Cumbria 8.0 7.9 8.0 8.0 8.2 8.4 8.3 Gloucestershire 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.8 Hertfordshire 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.2 8.3 Isle of Wight 7.8 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.8 7.9 8.2 Lincolnshire 7.7 7.9 7.9 7.8 7.6 7.6 8.0 Norfolk 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.2 Northamptonshire 9.2 8.8 8.6 8.3 8.3 8.5 8.2 Northumberland 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.0 8.1 8.0 8.2 Oxfordshire 7.1 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.9 7.1 Somerset 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.9 7.3 Suffolk 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.9 7.8 7.9 Surrey 6.1 6.5 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.4 Warwickshire 7.8 7.5 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.8 West Sussex 7.0 7.0 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 England 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} To give consistent time series, data for new authorities created by local government re-organisation in 1996, 1997 and 1998 have been added together to produce data for the former authority areas. {2} Estimated population data provided by the Office for National Statistics. Full-time equivalent non-teaching staff{1} in maintained primary and secondary schools in existing and former non-metropolitan local authorities{2}, per thousand of population{3}, in January of each year, were as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Isles of Scilly 2.7 3.2 2.9 3.2 2.9 3.2 4.5 Former Avon 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.8 Former Cleveland 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.6 3.4 Former Humberside 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.8 3.0 3.7 Former North Yorkshire 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.6 Former Bedfordshire 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.4 4.0 Former Buckinghamshire 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.7 3.1 Former Derbyshire 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.6 3.1 Former Dorset 1.6 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.7 3.2 Former Durham 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.3 Former East Sussex 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.6 3.0 Former Hampshire 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.4 Former Leicestershire 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.6 Former Staffordshire 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.7 3.1 Former Wiltshire 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.8 3.2 Former Berkshire 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.4 Former Cambridgeshire 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.8 Former Cheshire 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.7 Former Devon 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.4 Former Essex 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.7 Former Hereford and 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.6 Worcester Former Kent 2.3 2.6 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.7 Former Lancashire 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.6 3.0 Former Nottinghamshire 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.6 3.1 Former Shropshire 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.2 Cornwall 2.7 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.9 Cumbria 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.8 Gloucestershire 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.7 Hertfordshire 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.3 Isle of Wight 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.3 3.8 4.1 5.1 Lincolnshire 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6 3.1 Norfolk 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.7 3.3 Northamptonshire 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.5 4.1 Northumberland 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.5 2.9 Oxfordshire 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.8 3.1 Somerset 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.7 Suffolk 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.8 Surrey 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.8 Warwickshire 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.8 3.2 West Sussex 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.8 3.1 England 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.8 3.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Non-teaching staff includes teaching assistants, administrative staff, technicians and other education support staff. {2} To give consistent time series, data for new authorities created by local government re-organisation in 1996,1997 and 1998 have been added together to produce data for the former authorities areas. {3} Estimated population data provided by the Office for National Statistics.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

378 c218-20W;378 c216-8W; 24933

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Local education authorities Staff Teachers Staffordshire

Contains statistics

Yes

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