§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of(a) primary school and (b) secondary school teachers employed in each education authority in Wales in each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement. [39084]
§ Mr. HagueThe information requested is as follows.
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Number of full time equivalent qualified teachers in LEA maintained secondary schools1 School year 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Clwyd 1,945 1,956 1,930 1,973 1,973 1,933 1,871 1,821 Dyfed 1,636 1,646 1,658 1,660 1,659 1,636 1,601 1,573 Gwent 2,453 2,375 2,356 2,343 2,330 2,245 2,186 2,115 Gwynedd 1,178 1,192 1,212 1,244 1,269 1,261 1,252 1,200 Mid Glamorgan 2,856 2,835 2,689 2,700 2,784 2,721 2,624 2,550 Powys 574 575 575 570 579 591 585 577 South Glamorgan 1,985 1,957 1,929 1,938 1,895 1,843 1,801 1,723 West Glamorgan 1,912 1,904 1,876 1,845 1,806 1,739 1,684 1,640 Wales 14,539 14,440 14,225 14,273 14,295 13,970 13,604 13,199
School year 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Clwyd 1,804 1,718 1,679 1,676 1,711 1,680 1,431 1,376 Dyfed 1,539 1,495 1,469 1,472 1,480 1,517 1,535 1,528 Gwent 2,035 1,966 1,889 1,857 1,817 1,825 1,761 1,754 Gwynedd 1,170 1,142 1,110 1,082 1,074 1,074 1,035 1,019 Mid Glamorgan 2,459 2,380 2,297 2,271 2,328 2,378 2,452 2,500 Powys 567 555 544 529 537 535 544 553 South Glamorgan 1,665 1,606 1,651 1,641 1,656 1,675 1,504 1,502 West Glamorgan 1,618 1,592 1,531 1,498 1,421 1,427 1,451 1,462 Wales 12,857 12,454 12,170 12,026 12,024 12,111 11,713 11,694 1 At January each year. Excluding Grant Maintained schools. The Maximum weekly hours worked figure used to calculate the full time equivalent teacher numbers was changed in 1988–89 from 25 to32.5, with the effect of reducing the overall number of full time equivalent teachers.