HC Deb 02 April 1987 vol 113 cc581-4W
Mr. Ashdown

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information is available to his Departmemt on the numbers of teachers in each local education authority with special qualifications relevant to the teaching of pupils with statements under the Education Act 1981, other than teachers employed full-time in special schools; if he will publish what information is available for the last year; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Dunn

[pursuant to his reply, of 23 March 1987, c. 32]: Individual teachers' records held by this Department for pension purposes include information on some special qualifications for teaching children with handicaps. Not all of the qualiications covered carry a salary benefit so there may be some under-recording. The latest available information is for 31 March 1985 and is given for each local education authority in England.

Full-time teachers with special qualifications for teaching children with handicaps
England: Maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools 31 March 1985 (Provisional)
Teaching in
Special Classes Other Classes Total
Barking 4 3 7
Barnet 5 9 14
Bexley 8 3 11
Brent 4 5 9
Bromley 10 3 13
Croydon 5 6 11
Ealing 6 5 11
Enfield 2 3 5
Haringey 2 8 10
Harrow 7 4 11
Havering 3 6 9
Hillingdon 2 9 11
Hounslow 4 4 8
Kingston 3 0 3
Merton 1 1 2
Newham 2 2 4

Teaching in
Special Classes Other Classes Total
Redbridge 3 4 7
Richmond 0 3 3
Sutton 1 3 4
Waltham Forest 0 4 4
ILEA 18 96 114
Birmingham 13 33 46
Coventry 7 16 23
Dudley 6 5 11
Sandwell 7 11 18
Solihull 7 7 14
Walsall 6 8 14
Wolverhampton 16 13 29
Knowsley 3 5 8
Liverpool 3 33 36
St. Helens 4 12 16
Sefton 3 11 14
Wirral 2 10 12
Bolton 0 5 5
Bury 4 7 11
Manchester 0 6 6
Oldham 0 5 5
Rochdale 7 8 15
Salford 5 5 10
Stockport 7 4 11
Tameside 3 4 7
Trafford 5 2 7
Wigan 2 5 7
Barnsley 5 7 12
Doncaster 4 9 13
Rotherham 7 4 11
Sheffield 13 21 34
Bradford 6 9 15
Calderdale 0 8 8
Kirklees 9 8 17
Leeds 0 20 20
Wakefield 0 3 3
Gateshead 2 11 13
Newcastle 6 24 30
North Tyneside 4 6 10
South Tyneside 4 9 13
Sunderland 7 4 11
Isles of Scilly 0 0 0
Avon 6 59 65
Bedfordshire 3 23 26
Berkshire 13 22 35
Buckinghamshire 1 24 25
Cambridgeshire 3 36 39
Cheshire 33 16 49
Cleveland 1 27 28
Cornwall 16 13 29
Cumbria 14 5 19
Derbyshire 27 35 62
Devon 5 35 40
Dorset 9 9 18
Durham 4 19 23
East Sussex 10 25 35
Essex 26 25 51
Gloucestershire 4 29 33
Hampshire 16 36 52
Hereford and Worcester 18 23 41
Hertfordshire 10 11 21
Humberside 27 37 64
Isle of Wight 3 3 6
Kent 12 39 51
Lancashire 24 27 51
Leicestershire 31 37 68
Lincolnshire 16 16 32
Norfolk 12 13 25
North Yorkshire 9 23 32
Northamptonshire 20 16 36
Northumberland 8 10 18
Nottinghamshire 15 23 38

Teaching in
Special Classes Other Classes Total
Oxfordshire 9 13 22
Shropshire 5 9 14
Somerset 15 13 28