§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will provide a breakdown by ethnic origin and grade of(a) teaching staff at (i) primary, (ii) secondary and (iii) tertiary level and (b) students at university level. [79052]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe answers are as follows.
(a) (i and ii) The ethnic origin of teaching staff at primary and secondary level is not available.
(a) (iii) The grade of teaching staff at tertiary level is not available. Table 1 gives teaching staff in Further Education colleges in England by ethnicity.
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Table 1: Teaching staff in further education colleges, by ethnicity (headcount) England 1996–97 Ethnic origin Number of staff1 White 91,400 Black Caribbean 1,000 Black African 500 Black Other 300 Indian 1,000 Pakistani 500 Bangladeshi 200 Chinese 200 Other Asian 700 Other 2,100 Not known 32,900 Total 130,700 1Staff numbers are given to the nearest hundred. (b) Table 2 gives Higher Education enrolments in English Higher Education institutions by ethnic group.
Table 2: HE enrolments in English higher education institutions, by ethnic group (headcount) 1997–98 Ethnic group Number of students1 White 1,037,300 Black Caribbean 18,000 Black African 27,800 Black Other 7,900 Indian 42,100 Pakistani 19,700 Bangladeshi 5,400 Chinese 22,100 Asian Other 25,600 Other 25,200 Not known (UCAS code) 7,500 Unknown 12,100 Information refused 120,100 Information not yet sought 104,600 Missing 21,500 Total 1,496,900 1 Student numbers are given to the nearest hundred.