§ Mr. SpringTo 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 MorrisThe 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
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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.