§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his estimate of the number of persons employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time in higher education, and further education, both (i) in teaching and (ii) in ancillary posts, for each of the years 1979, 1983 and 1986.
§ Mr. WaldenInformation on the numbers of non-teaching staff in public sector higher and further education is not available centrally. The latest date for which complete information for universities is available is 1984. All figures are for England except the column showing non-teaching staff in universities, which has a wider geographical coverage.
Thousands Teaching staff1 Non-teaching staff universities4 Year5 Public 2 sector Universities 3 1979 Full-time 75.2 33.2 43.4 Part time: numbers * 1.2 17.9 FTE6 * * 9.0 1983 Full-time 77.7 33.3 36.0 Part-time: numbers * 2.1 14.5 FTE6 21.97 * 7.3 1984 Full-time 77.6 33.8 34.0 Part-time: numbers * 2.4 15.0 FTE6 22.37 * 7.0 * Not available. 1 Staff in teaching grades. Not all of them had teaching duties at the date of the count. 2 Maintained, assisted and grant aided establishments of further education. No figures are available for independent further education. 3 Excludes the Open University and the University of Buckingham. 4 United Kingdom but excluding Cambridge, the Open University and the University of Buckingham. Excludes craftsmen and supervisors (approximately 5,000 in 1984). 5 Relates to the academic year starting in year stated for univesities and ending in year stated for all others. 6 Full-time equivalent. 7 Maintained establishments only.