HC Deb 14 November 2001 vol 374 cc806-8W
Mr. Djanogly

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) primary and (b) secondary teacher vacancies there were in Huntingdon (i) on 31 March and (ii) in each year since 1996. [6163]

Mr. Timms

[holding answer 16 October 2001]: The information requested for Huntingdon is not held centrally.

Full-time vacancies for teachers in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in the former Cambridgeshire local authority area were as follows:

Nursery/primary Secondary Total
Number of

vacancies

Vacancy rate

(percentage)1

Number of

vacancies

Vacancy rate

(percentage)1

Number of

vacancies

Vacancy rate

(percentage)1

Total
January2
19963 3 0.1 10 0.4 13 0.3
19973 2 0.1 4 0.2 6 0.1
19983 1 0.0 6 0.3 7 0.1
1999 1 0.0 2 0.1 3 0.1
2000 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
2001 5 0.2 5 0.2 10 0.2
1 The vacancy rate is calculated by dividing the number of vacancies by the sum of full-time qualified regular teachers plus teachers on full-time secondment for a term or more
2 Details of teacher vacancies at 31 March of each year are not available
3 Cambridgeshire local authority was affected by the local government re-organisation (LGR) on 1 April 1998, when it became two authorities, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Figures for 1996 to 1998 are for the Cambridgeshire local authority prior to LGR

Mr. Djanogly

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers were employed in Huntingdon (i) on 31 March and (ii) in each year since 1996. [6164]

Mr. Timms

[holding answer 16 October 2001]: The information requested for Huntingdon is not held centrally.

Full-time equivalents of regular teachers (excluding short term supply) employed in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in the former Cambridgeshire local authority area were as follows:

January1 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Cambridgeshire2
Nursery/primary 2,740 2,690 2,600 1,950 1,990 2,040
Secondary 2,630 2,500 2,570 1,800 1,810 1,840
Total 5,360 5,190 5,170 3,740 3,790 3,880
Peterborough
Nursery/primary n/a n/a n/a 680 720 720
Secondary n/a n/a n/a 810 820 730
Total n/a n/a n/a 1,490 1,540 1,450

Thousand
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Men
Under 25 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.9 2.3 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.7
25–29 9.3 9.0 8.9 8.8 9.2 9.9 10.6 11.4 12.3 12.5 12.6
30–34 16.1 14.2 12.9 12.2 12.0 11.9 12.0 12.2 12.4 12.7 13.0
35–39 29.3 26.2 23.3 20.8 18.6 16.9 15.3 14.3 13.6 13.2 13.2
40–44 33.5 34.5 33.3 31.9 30.6 28.3 25.8 23.3 20.9 18.5 16.8
45–49 21.1 22.0 25.0 27.5 29.1 30.6 32.0 31.1 29.8 28.4 26.1
49–54 14.2 13.8 13.9 14.3 14.4 15.2 15.6 17.2 18.3 21.1 23.3
55–59 7.7 7.2 7.1 6.8 6.3 6.1 5.7 5.3 5.1 6.1 7.2
60–64 2.4 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1
65 and over 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
Women
Under 25 10.1 9.3 9.1 9.5 10.6 11.9 12.4 13.3 14.0 13.6 13.8
25–29 26.8 27.5 28.5 29.5 30.6 31.9 33.4 35.8 38.5 40.5 42.2
30–34 27.6 25.0 23.4 22.5 22.7 24.0 25.4 26.9 27.8 28.5 29.2
35–39 41.9 40.4 38.2 35.5 32.6 29.7 27.0 24.9 23.4 22.9 23.3
40–44 48.3 51.1 52.0 52.0 51.5 50.0 47.7 44.9 41.8 37.7 34.0
45–49 35.7 36.6 40.7 44.2 47.1 50.4 53.5 54.2 53.8 53.2 51.1
49–54 28.5 27.4 27.0 27.3 27.4 28.4 29.1 31.6 33.2 37.4 41.1
55–59 15.7 15.1 14.9 14.7 13.9 13.6 12.8 11.8 11.3 12.9 14.5
60–64 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.9
65 and over 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

January1 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total
Nursery/primary 2,740 2,690 2,600 2,630 2,710 2,760
Secondary 2,630 2,500 2,570 2,600 2,630 2,570
Total 5,360 5,190 5,170 5,230 5,340 5,330
1 Details of teachers in service at 31 March of each year are not available.
2 Cambridgeshire local authority was affected by the local

government re-organisation (LGR) on 1 April 1998, when it became two authorities, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Figures for 1996 to 1998 are for the Cambridgeshire local authority prior to LGR.