§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many classroom assistants were employed in(a) England and (b) each of the seven counties of the south-west in (i) 1992 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. [5350]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe available information is shown in the following table:
Full-time equivalent numbers of education support staff1 in maintained schools2 for England and in each local education authority area of the South West: 1992 and 1995 1992 31995 Position in January each year Avon 1,326 1,544 Cornwall 748 1,065 Devon 1,312 1,730 Dorset 608 800 Gloucestershire 609 736 Isles of Scilly 3 2 Somerset 748 1,043 Wiltshire 701 959 England 63,711 81,910 1Nursery assistants, special needs support staff and other support staff including librarians, technicians, medical staff and child care assistants. 2Maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools. 3Provisional.