HC Deb 03 April 2003 vol 402 cc822-4W
Mr. Norman

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teacher vacancies there were in Kent in each year since 1997. [105866]

Mr. Miliband

Vacancy numbers in the maintained schools sector in England by local authority are shown in table 40 of the 2002 edition of Statistics of Education: School Workforce in England. A copy of this volume has been placed in the Library. The table is also available on the statistics section of the DfES website at:http://www.dfes.gov.uk/statistics/DB/VOL/v0380/456-t40.htm.

Mr. Hepburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many teachers there were in(a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997; [105852]

Table 1
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 20021
Jarrow constituency2 700 690 700 710 740 760
South Tyneside3 1,370 1,350 1,380 1,310 1,440 1,460
North East3 22,200 21,950 22,020 22,010 22,540 22,910
England3 399,170 397,650 401,150 404,630 410,170 419,620
1 2002 is the most recent information available.
2 Source: Annual Schools' Census (ASC). Includes regular teachers normally employed within schools.
3 Source: Annual Survey of Teachers in Service (618G). This is the Department's standard source of teacher information but it does not provide constituency level data. Includes all regular teachers employed including: centrally employed teachers; teachers on paid leave, plus teachers employed to replace them (if employed for a month or more). In 2002, teacher numbers on 618G were 2 to 3 per cent. higher than on ASC.

Note:

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Table 2 provides the average salary of full-time' regular qualified teachers in the maintained schools sector, as at March of each year shown. Average salaries are not available at constituency level.

Table 2
£
1997 1998 1999 2000 20012
South Tyneside 22,460 23,110 24,150 25,180 27,140
North East 22,460 23,060 23,970 24,960 26,850
England 22,900 23,540 24,440 25,380 27,200
2 2001 is the most recent information available.

Note:

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Maintained schools: full-time equivalent number of teaching staff1 and teaching assistants2 1996–2002—position in January each year—Leeds local education authority
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Teaching staff
Nursery3 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Primary4 2,816.7 2,817.7 2,773.6 2,767.5 2,772.0 2,795.1 2,867.6
Secondary4 2,715.0 2,664.5 2,712.9 2,744.0 2,768.4 2,858.0 2,979.3
Special5 199.8 196.1 192.7 169.1 172.6 168.5 170.6
Pupil Referral Units 24.0 24.9 31.9 49.0 25.1 22.5 24.6
FTE total teaching staff 5,758.4 5,706.3 5,714.1 5,729.5 5,738.0 5,844.2 6,042.2
Teaching assistants
Nursery3 1.0 1.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Primary4 1,091.9 1,131.5 1,200.2 1,194.6 1,239.2 1,318.7 1,731.1
Secondary4 242.6 282.1 302.8 327.0 389.3 462.1 462.0
Special5 137.3 148.9 158.7 149.0 148.3 160.9 188.7
Pupil Referral Units 1.8 3.7 17.1 0.9 13.4 13.1 8.0
FTE total teaching assistants 1,474.6 1,568.0 1,679.8 1,671.4 1,790.2 1,954.9 2,389.8
1 Includes all qualified and other teaching staff.
2 Includes nursery assistants, special needs support staff, minority ethnic pupil support staff and non-teaching assistants.
3 On 31 August 1998, the one maintained nursery school in Leeds local education authority closed.
4 Includes middle schools as deemed.
5 Includes Maintained and Non-Maintained Special Schools.

Source:

Annual Schools' Census

(2) what the average pay for a teacher was in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. [105855]

Mr. Miliband

The table provides the full-time equivalent number of teachers in service in the maintained sector, as at January, of each year shown.

1 Source:

Database of Teacher Records. Figures cover all grades and include any allowances paid. The 2001 salary figures include those threshold pay increases that were made before March 2001. However, they do not include threshold pay increases relating to people who passed the threshold in September 2000 and had not received their payment by March 2001. This money was backdated after March 2001 and therefore the average salary for March 2001 will be understated.

Colin Burgon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) teachers and (b) non-teaching assistants were employed in schools in Leeds in each year since 1996. [105983]

Mr. Miliband

[holding answer 1 April 2003]The numbers of teachers and teaching assistants employed in maintained schools in Leeds local education authority are shown in the following table.