§ Mr. FisherTo ask the Prime Minister if he will identify the evidence inSocial Trends for his figures on the ratio of local education authority administrators to teachers in schools. [21570]
§ The Prime MinisterThe source is more appropriate and relevant for this issue thanSocial Trends. The figures are published by the Local Government Management Board, revealing that there are more than two non-teaching staff for every three teachers.
The figures show that in June 1994 local education authorities in England employed 376,665 full-time equivalent teachers and lecturers and 316,244 full-time equivalent other manual and non-manual staff involved in education.
This makes a ratio of 2.5 non-teaching staff to three teachers.