§ Mr. DjanoglyTo 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:
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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. DjanoglyTo 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 808W
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.