§ Sir Peter Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will give the number of full-time teachers and lecturers, and part-time, listed separately, in 1960, 1970, 1980, and at the latest available date;
(2) if he will give the number of those employed in education, who neither lecture nor teach in 1980, 1970, 1960 and at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe figures available for teaching and non-teaching staff for the years requested are as follows: The latest year for which figures are available on a comparable basis is 1984.
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Year(3) Teaching Staff(1) Non-teaching staff(2) Schools(3) Further Education(4) Miscellaneous/Divided(5) Universities(6) Local Authority Education Services Universities(7) Part-time: Numbers (15) 54 .. .. 3 434 15 FTE (12) (15) 24 (16) 22 .. .. 189 7 .. not available.
- (1) Staff in teaching grades. Not all of them had teaching duties at the date of the count.
- (2) Excludes those employed by independent schools and colleges and central government.
- (3) Includes maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, grant-aided and independent schools.
- (4) Maintained, assisted and grant-aided establishments. No figures are available for independent further education.
- (5) Includes service divided between sectors and teacher organisers.
- (6) Great Britain. Excludes the Open University and the University of Buckingham.
- (7) United Kingdom but excluding Cambridge, the Open University and the University of Buckingham. Excludes craftsmen and supervisors (approx. 5,000 in 1984).
- (8) Year is academic year starting in year stated for universities and ending in year stated for all others.
- (9) Excludes independent schools: data not available.
- (10) Colleges of Advanced Technology included with further education in 1960 and with universities thereafter.
- (11) Estimated.
- (12) Full-time equivalents.
- (13) Includes an element of part-time FTE for independent schools.
- (14) Excludes nursery, special and independent schools.
- (15) Excludes direct grant special schools.
- (16) Only maintained establishments.