Written question asked by Tony Clarke (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 July 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 September 2004. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 September 2004 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 (a) teachers and (b) education support staff there were in Northampton South in each year since 1992. - Inc table for each year from 1997 to 2003.

Answer: Mr. Tony Clarke: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) teachers and (b) education support staff there were in Northampton, South in each year since 1992. [186462] Mr. Miliband: The following table gives the full-time equivalent number of regular teachers and support staff employed in maintained sector schools in Northampton, South constituency for each year from 1997 to 2003, the latest year available. Data are not available at constituency level prior to 1997. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Teachers Support staff 1 2003 851 683 2002 860 659 2001 858 633 2000 765 464 1999 756 446 1998 749 397 1997 763 398 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Includes teaching assistants, administrative staff, technicians, medical and other child care and education support staff. Source: Annual School Census.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 424 c993-4W; 186462
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Classroom assistants Staff Non-teaching staff Schools Teachers Northampton
Contains statistics: Yes
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