§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many (a) teaching staff and (b) research staff were employed in higher education in May 1979 and for each year since.
§ Mr. WaldenThe available information on numbers of teaching and research staff in British universities and in public sector higher education in England since 1978–89 is as follows:
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Data averaged over the academic years 1981–82 to 1983–84 Haringey 91.1 Harrow 93.6 Havering 86.9 Hillingdon 90.1 Hounslow 92.7 Kingston-upon-Thames 95.5 Merton 90.4 Newham 86.0 Redbridge 90.9 Richmond-upon-Thames 92.5 Sutton 90.4 Waltham Forest 94.7 ILEA 92.4 Birmingham 87.1 Coventry 88.3 Dudley 83.1 Sandwell 82.9 Solihull 88.4 Walsall 84.0 Wolverhampton 86.7 Knowsley 86.0 Liverpool 87.2 St. Helens 79.9 Sefton 90.4 Wirral 88.3 Bolton 81.3 Bury 84.3 Manchester 86.1 Oldham 84.1 Rochdale 82.3 Salford 80.8 Stockport 87.3 Tameside 75.4 Trafford 85.9 Wigan 80.5
Data averaged over the academic years 1981–82 to 1983–84 Barnsley 83.7 Doncaster 85.5 Rotherham 77.4 Sheffield 87.3 Bradford 89.9 Calderdale 90.1 Kirklees 91.0 Leeds 88.9 Wakefield 86.0 Gateshead 85.0 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 92.4 North Tyneside 89.7 South Tyneside 86.8 Sunderland 79.9 Avon 87.3 Bedfordshire 85.0 Berkshire 90.7 Buckinghamshire 91.4 Cambridgeshire 88.5 Cheshire 86.9 Cleveland 83.8 Cornwall 92.6 Cumbria 83.8 Derbyshire 84.4 Devon 88.1 Dorset 88.4 Durham 84.3 East Sussex 90.5 Essex 87.8 Gloucestershire 86.2 Hampshire 88.9 Hereford and Worcester 90.9 Hertfordshire 91.9 Humberside 85.9 Isle of Wight 95.3 Kent 92.4 Lancashire 84.2 Leicestershire 91.1 Lincolnshire 88.3 Norfolk 85.8 North Yorkshire 89.8 Northamptonshire 85.0 Northumberland 88.3 Nottinghamshire 86.3 Oxfordshire 90.5 Shropshire 89.9 Somerset 85.9 Staffordshire 84.1 Suffolk 83.8 Surrey 92.4 Warwickshire 87.2 West Sussex 92.1 Wiltshire 87.9 Total 88.1 1.0 Level grades A-C, CSE grade 1
Source: School leavers survey. Data subject to sampling error.