§ Ms Estelle MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how much money was spent in each of the last five years on clerical support for teachers in schools.
§ Mr. ForthInformation is collected centrally only for schools' expenditure on administration and clerical staff combined. For the five years up to 1991–92, the latest year for which information on actual spending is available, this expenditure was as follows:
Local education authority-maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools England Year Total expenditure1 £ thousand 1987–88 196,520 1988–89 219,020 1989–90 260,678 1990–91 335,181 1991–92 2404,267 1 Total expenditure on administrative and clerical staff, cash, £ thousands. 2 Provisional. Note:
"Administrative and clerical staff' includes such staff as school secretaries, clerks, typists, receptionists and telephonists. Details on premises related staff (caretakers, etc.) and education support staff (such as laboratory technicians) are collected separately.