§ Mr. Lilleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many (a) teachers, (b) lecturers and (c)
Teachers1 2 Lecturers Thousands Non-teaching staff2 8 Year Nursery, primary and secondary schools Other3 Full-time4 Part-time1 6 7 1976 431 17 74 — 413 1977 433 18 74 — 409 1978 436 19 74 — 404 1979 441 19 75 — 407 1980 438 19 77 22 400 1981 429 19 77 21 376 1982 420 19 77 22 368 1983 415 19 78 22 365 1984 411 20 78 22 362 1985 405 20 5 78 22 362 1 January of year shown, maintained sector 2 Full-time plus full-time equivalent of part-time 3 Includes teachers in special schools & teachers providing education otherwise than at school 4 March of year shown. Includes lecturers in maintained, assisted & grant-aided establishments of further education (including adult education centres & certain other miscellaneous establishments) 5 Provisional 6 Includes the maintained and assisted sector only. Data not available before 1980 7 Expressed as full-time equivalent 8 March of year shown