HC Deb 29 January 1996 vol 270 cc548-9W
Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to her answer of 19 December,Official Report, column 1019, what is her estimate of the number of classroom assistants who work in a voluntary capacity, and if these were included in the figures given. [10525]

Mr. Robin Squire

Classroom assistants who work in a voluntary capacity were not included in the figures given. Information about unpaid education support staff is not collected centrally.