HC Deb 16 March 2004 vol 419 c239W
Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) primary school and (b) secondary school teachers there were per pupil of the relevant age-group in each year since 1997. [160478]

Mr. Miliband

The data requested are shown in the table.

Maintained primary and secondary schools: pupil:teacher ratios—England
Position in January each year
primary Secondary
1997 23.4 16.7
1998 23.7 16.9
1999 23.5 17.0
2000 23.3 17.2
2001 22.9 17.1
2002 22.5 16.9
2003 22.6 17.0

Source: Annual Schools' Census.

Number of agency staff Financial year Agency spend of the financial year(£) Percentage of total staffing budget
2002 1,614 June 2001 to March 20021 1,780,629.70 1.46
2003 1,746 April 2002 to March 2003 2,688,149.33 2.12
2004 117(Jan.) April 2003 to January 2004 1,456,921.04 1.12
1DfES was created following Machinery of Government changes in June 2001.