§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) part-time and (b) full-time classroom assistants were (i) recruited and (ii) employed in each London borough in each year since 1997. [159170]
§ Mr. MilibandData for recruitment of teaching assistants are not available. Data for teaching assistants in employment are available only as a total full-time equivalent (FTE) number at LEA level. The table shows the total FTE number of teaching assistants employed in maintained nursery, primary, secondary, all special schools and pupil referral units in January of each year since 1997 by London LEA1,2.
1347W1 Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools.2 Includes nursery assistants in nursery schools, special needs support staff and minority ethnic pupil support staff.
FTE number of teaching assistants 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 London 8,210 8,910 9,840 11,790 14,380 15,390 17,590 202 Camden 200 240 250 300 360 440 470 201 City of London — — — — — — — 204 Hackney 210 250 290 380 420 490 530 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 190 200 210 250 240 260 300 309 Haringey 350 360 380 420 490 650 680 206 Islington 250 250 270 350 360 350 480 207 Kensington and Chelsea 130 140 140 170 210 220 260 208 Lambeth 300 350 390 500 560 580 640 209 Lewisham 280 290 320 410 570 470 560 316 Newham 280 280 390 500 960 720 1,070 210 Southwark 350 420 430 650 810 750 710 211 Tower Hamlets 370 400 450 510 800 970 950 212 Wandsworth 330 370 370 460 470 380 530 213 Westminster 150 170 160 190 190 310 280 301 Barking and Dagenham 300 290 310 320 400 500 510 302 Barnet 290 340 400 480 550 740 720 303 Bexley 200 230 280 310 380 320 560 304 Brent 260 300 360 390 440 450 470 305 Bromley 220 240 250 290 370 440 520 306 Croydon 400 410 510 530 660 630 870 307 Ealing 340 360 370 400 510 450 530 308 Enfield 250 290 290 500 590 810 880 203 Greenwich 360 400 430 510 650 650 730 310 Harrow 270 270 290 300 300 330 430 311 Havering 170 170 200 260 300 310 520 312 Hillingdon 330 370 410 450 540 560 640 313 Hounslow 280 280 290 330 380 400 400 314 Kingston upon Thames 130 130 150 170 220 220 250 315 Merton 190 200 220 240 290 250 300 317 Redbridge 200 230 270 370 450 580 620 318 Richmond upon Thames 100 110 110 130 160 210 220 319 Sutton 160 170 210 230 260 340 330 320 Waltham Forest 380 400 410 470 490 610 640 Source: Annual Schools' Census