§ Sir David KnoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers were employed and how many of them were employed in grant-maintained schools in each local education authority in England in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what were the figures in the previous five years. [37664]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe information requested is shown in the table.
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Full-time equivalent teachers employed by local education authorities and grant-maintained schools in the nursery, primary and secondary sector 1991–95 Position in January each year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Local education authority area All schools GM only All schools GM only All schools GM only All schools GM only All schools GM only Birmingham 9,125 165 9,343 311 9,548 335 9,452 922 9,366 1,087 Coventry 2,745 — 2,795 — 2,752 — 2,747 — 2,657 — Dudley 2,727 43 2,781 43 2,670 45 2,534 303 2,576 318 Sandwell 2,949 — 2,921 50 2,959 53 2,828 48 2,689 109 Solihull 1,860 — 1,795 — 1,857 27 1,836 26 1,845 25 Walsall 2,744 — 2,619 — 2,575 154 2,668 390 2,560 465 Wolverhampton 2,582 40 2,636 122 2,467 120 2,447 164 2,377 166 Knowsley 1,481 — 1,398 — 1,351 — 1,354 44 1,446 46 Liverpool 4,470 65 4,221 69 4,185 69 4,191 147 4,194 204 St. Helens 1,713 — 1,656 — 1,679 — 1,637 — 1,635 — Sefton 2,433 — 2,479 — 2,515 — 2,484 — 2,546 — Wirral 3,099 — 2,924 — 2,963 — 2,885 129 2,927 132 Bolton 2,550 47 2,496 50 2,517 71 2,445 202 2,467 202 Bury 1,484 — 1,461 — 1,467 — 1,395 10 1,420 10 Manchester 4,254 — 3,974 — 4,044 — 3,631 — 3,587 — Oldham 2,196 — 2,253 — 2,256 — 2,215 — 2,202 — Rochdale 1,934 — 1,987 — 1,851 10 1,789 101 1,819 189 Salford 2,147 — 2,052 — 2,000 — 1,802 27 1,821 30 Stockport 2,340 — 2,332 — 2,362 — 2,170 — 2,185 — Tameside 2,042 47 2,085 49 2,036 49 1,791 137 1,842 139 Trafford 1,763 — 1,611 — 1,616 — 1,621 192 1,694 205 Wigan 2,972 — 3,015 — 3,096 — 2,728 — 2,754 — Barnsley 1,760 — 1,714 — 1,696 — 1,721 — 1,704 — Doncaster 2,753 — 2,691 — 2,760 — 2,732 — 2,703 — Rotherham 2,522 — 2,464 — 2,335 — 2,403 — 2,440 — Sheffield 4,043 — 3,937 — 3,866 4 3,797 136 3,719 182 Bradford 5,012 — 5,093 66 5,004 66 5,103 342 4,779 400 Calderdale 1,791 — 1,806 89 1,827 96 1,814 298 1,769 530 Kirklees 3,701 62 3,590 70 3,632 71 3,443 77 3,373 79 Leeds 6,320 — 6,300 — 6,010 — 5,839 75 5,759 71 Wakefield 2,909 — 2,748 — 2,741 — 2,630 — 2,704 — Gateshead 1,750 — 1,731 — 1,707 — 1,759 — 1,715 — Newcastle upon Tyne 2,346 — 2,285 — 2,212 — 2,112 — 2,104 — North Tyneside 1,826 — 1,768 — 1,765 — 1,649 — 1,639 11 South Tyneside 1,410 — 1,385 — 1,325 — 1,342 — 1,340 — Sunderland 2,681 — 2,692 — 2,651 — 2,744 — 2,728 — Isles of Scilly 29 — 27 — 28 — 27 — 26 — Avon 7,401 51 7,996 96 7,612 99 7,504 107 7,677 118 Bedfordshire 4,909 44 4,959 51 4,983 194 4,808 586 5,008 629 Berkshire 5,892 41 5,892 360 6,080 540 6,149 614 6,171 729 Buckinghamshire 5,136 150 4,973 217 5,215 299 5,236 689 5,310 770 Cambridge 5,377 — 5,419 10 5,667 367 5,501 1,005 5,573 1,029 Cheshire 7,956 30 7,968 34 8,072 42 7,922 177 8,013 185 Cleveland 5,536 — 5,546 — 5,560 — 5,243 — 5,189 — Cornwall 3,751 — 3,697 — 3,647 — 3,561 — 3,675 — Cumbria 4,191 4,154 102 4,211 341 4,078 612 4,016 849 Derbyshire 8,490 127 7,910 139 8,098 285 7,861 1,069 7,555 1,185 Devon 7,133 31 7,076 33 7,229 90 7,358 304 7,437 319 Dorset 4,476 56 4,512 168 4,389 374 4,330 587 4,393 651 Durham 4,845 — 5,007 — 5,239 — 5,105 — 5,117 — East Sussex 4,524 — 4,673 — 4,908 — 4,779 — 4,899 — Essex 12,274 — 12,251 205 12,033 1,665 11,616 4,407 11,771 5,165 Gloucestershire 4,349 187 4,042 186 4,090 828 4,195 1,234 4,258 1,616 Hampshire 11,415 44 11,593 190 12,037 394 11,394 1,147 11,871 1,348 Hereford and Worcester 5,413 — 5,451 — 5,441 — 5,256 202 5,329 207 Hertfordshire 8,248 165 8,155 305 8,280 411 8,510 1,256 8,725 1,719 Humberside 7,722 — 7,680 4 7,740 5 7,229 13 7,394 19 Isle of Wight 1,008 — 1,021 — 997 — 1,013 — 999 — Kent 11,674 30 11,724 828 11,980 1,709 12,224 3,110 12,552 3,724 Lancashire 11,761 106 11,733 225 11,922 281 12,051 455 12,088 485 Leicestershire 7,764 21 7,830 24 7,570 25 7,832 193 7,810 194 Lincolnshire 4,869 185 4,748 479 4,808 935 4,876 1,344 4,877 1,507 Norfolk 5,564 65 5,687 102 5,791 474 5,808 706 5,898 763 North Yorkshire 5,656 — 5,803 — 5,954 — 5,844 5,774 2 Northamptonshire 5,337 39 5,458 222 5,466 602 5,376 767 5,624 796 Northumberland 2,736 — 2,791 — 2,677 — 2,644 42 2,672 45 Nottinghamshire 8,383 — 8,530 — 8,508 20 8,376 120 8,354 121 Oxfordshire 4,042 — 4,150 — 4,206 — 4,363 5 4,426 5
Full-time equivalent teachers employed by local education authorities and grant-maintained schools in the nursery, primary and secondary sector 1991–95 Position in January each year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Local education authority area All schools GM only All schools GM only All schools GM only All schools GM only All schools GM only Shropshire 3,634 30 3,712 31 3,563 31 3,352 243 3,384 330 Somerset 3,585 — 3,558 34 3,595 46 3,653 49 3,665 76 Staffordshire 8,862 — 8,798 — 8,357 — 8,263 267 8,245 279 Suffolk 4,949 — 5,277 — 5,276 — 5,391 — 5,466 — Surrey 6,625 47 6,511 276 6,677 590 6,206 816 6,529 1,218 Warwickshire 3,984 — 3,904 88 3,961 206 4,017 311 4,027 327 West Sussex 4,855 — 5,210 — 5,319 — 5,208 — 5,230 17 Wiltshire 4,513 — 4,559 34 4,596 112 4,604 759 4,698 1,053 England 394,945 2,430 394,874 7,121 396,332 15,353 390,430 33,794 392,910 39,941 1. Figures for 1994 onwards exclude sixth from colleges which transferred to the new FE sector on 1 April 1993.