§ Mr. KeenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many qualified(a) nursery teachers and (b) nursery nurses of working age there are in the United Kingdom. [8279]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe available information shows that there were 7,281 full-time equivalent, FTE, qualified teachers and 9,308 FTE qualified nursery assistants employed in maintained nursery schools and nursery classes in maintained primary schools in England in January 1995. At that time there were a further 8,103 FTE qualified nursery assistants employed in other classes in maintained primary schools in England.
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Provision of education for under. fives in maintained nursery and primary schools in each Local Education Authority area in England—January 1995 Nursery schools Primary schools Nursery, classes Infant classes3 Pupils1 Percentage of population2 Pupils1 Percentage of population2 Pupils1 Percentage of population2 Camden 61 1 955 23 1,015 24 Greenwich 647 10 2,635 39 1,024 15 Hackney 149 2 2,172 33 1,587 24 Hammersmith and Fulham 554 14 1,167 31 568 15 Islington 319 6 1,575 31 1,466 29 Kensington and Chelsea 249 7 608 18 385 12 Lambeth 450 6 2,011 25 1,018 13 Lewisham 231 3 2,431 33 1,131 15 Southwark 535 7 2,562 35 2,120 29 Tower Hamlets 721 12 2,635 45 1705 29 Wandsworth 216 3 2,176 32 1,624 24 Westminster 190 5 993 25 574 14 Barking and Dagenham 0 0 2,054 42 1,623 34 Barnet 575 7 2,095 25 2,205 26 Bexley 0 0 1,442 23 2,074 33 Brent 223 3 2,377 33 1,974 27 Bromley 0 0 172 2 2,385 34 Croydon 499 5 1,512 16 2,883 30 Ealing 454 5 3,265 39 2,426 29 Enfield 0 0 1,663 22 2,389 31 Haringey 223 4 2,519 40 1,848 29 Harrow 0 0 1,009 18 1,626 29 Havering 0 0 495 9 1,984 35 Hillingdon 120 2 3,234 47 87 1 Hounslow 0 0 2,363 41 1,725 30 Kingston upon Thames 242 7 967 28 1,038 30 Merton 0 0 2,713 55 983 20 Newham 959 11 3,496 40 1,280 15 Redbridge 0 0 1,326 21 1,397 22 Richmond upon Thames 68 2 670 16 1,114 26 Sutton 240 5 1,727 36 64 1 Waltham Forest 308 4 2,405 34 1,044 15 Information about the number of staff employed in schools in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is the responsibility of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland respectively.