HC Deb 01 March 1990 vol 168 cc296-7W
Mr. Gill

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what has been the total number of people employed by Shropshire education authority in each of the past five years;

(2) what has been the total number of pupils and students enrolled in Shropshire in each of the past five years;

(3) what has been the total number of teaching staff employed by Shropshire education authority in each of the past five years.

Mrs. Rumbold

The total numbers of teachers and pupils in maintained schools and colleges in Shropshire in each of the past five years are given in the table. Data on the total number of people employed by Shropshire education authority are not held centrally.

Teaching staff employed and pupils-students enrolled in schools and colleges maintained by Shropshire LEA (full-time equivalents)1
Teaching staff employed Pupils-students enrolled2
1985 4,207 68,827
1986 4,258 68,737
1987 4,221 67,805
1988 4,245 66,944
1989 4,222 67,901
1 Figures relate to January of the year shown, except that the data on students enrolled in maintained colleges of further and higher education (FHE) included in the pupils-students row are for the preceding November.
2 In 1989 there was a change in the factors used to convert numbers of student enrolments in maintained FHE colleges to full-time equivalents, which had the effect of increasng the total full-time equivalents.