§ Mr. CoakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many extra classroom assistant positions have been created since 1997(a) nationally (b) in Nottinghamshire. [150713]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisAn additional 24,000 education support staff have been recruited in schools in England since 1997, including over 18,000 full-time equivalent teaching assistants.
Following the local government re-organisation on 1 April 1998, Nottinghamshire split into two—Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City.
In 1997 there were 1,289 teaching assistants in Nottinghamshire, compared to 1,065 in Nottinghamshire and 559 in Nottingham City in 2000.