HC Deb 29 October 1999 vol 336 cc1009-10W
Mr. Spring

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many PE teachers there were in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and what they were as a percentage of the total number of teachers in England, for each year since 1991. [95492]

Ms Estelle Morris

The information is as follows:

PE teachers in secondary schools in England
Academic year
1991–92 1996–97
Number of Teachers1 teaching PE 24,000 20,000
Teachers1 teaching PE as percentage of all teachers 14 12
1 Includes teachers without a specific PE qualification

Amount received (£) Amount drawn down (£) Percentage drawn down Balance available (£) Amount committed (£)
Arts Council of England 1,197,614,609 920,492,229 77 277,122,380 1,132,457,415
Arts Council of Northern Ireland 42,419,281 16,607,723 39 25,811,558 35,467,589
Scottish Arts Council 130,640,795 79,801,991 61 50,838,804 116,821,408
Arts Council of Wales 72,650,470 48,852,619 67 23,797,851 77,310,838
National Lottery Charities Board 1,479,051,437 834,882,356 56 644,169,081 1,384,382,465
National Heritage Memorial Fund 1,497,290,954 614,906,973 41 882,383,981 1,223,222,820
Millennium Commission 1,662,106,529 941,790,686 57 720,315,843 1,744,220,362
New Opportunities Fund 428,058,277 9,768,541 2 418,289,736 12,984,543
Sport England 1,228,733,896 760,081,000 62 468,652,896 959,416,652
Sports Council for Northern Ireland 40,784,238 25,640,265 63 15,143,973 31,634,959
Sport Scotland 131,782,828 58,540,070 44 73,242,758 84,351,394
UK Sport 6,865,190 1,839,362 27 5,025,828 1,394,723
Sports Council for Wales 73,154,628 44,518,258 61 28,636,370 46,176,789
Total 7,991,153,132 4,357,722,073 55 3,633,431,059 6,849,841,957

Information about PE teachers in secondary schools for other years, and PE teachers in primary schools is not available.

These reductions took place under the previous administration.

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