HC Deb 30 October 1996 vol 284 cc124-9W
Sir David Knox

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers were(a) employed and (b) employed in grant-maintained schools in each local education authority in England in the most recent year for which figures were available; and what were the figures in the previous six years. [1027]

Mr. Forth

The information is given in the following table:

Full-time equivalent teachers employed by local education authorities and grant-maintained (GM) schools in the nursery, primary and secondary sectors: January 1990 to January 1993
Local education authority area 1990 1991 1992 1993
All schools including GM GM only All schools including GM GM only All schools including GM GM only All schools including GM GM only
Rochdale 2,233 1,934 1,987 1,851 10
Salford 2,175 2,147 2,052 2,000
Stockport 2,405 2,340 2,332 2,362
Tameside 2,010 45 2,042 47 2,085 49 2,036 49
Trafford 1,722 1,763 1,611 1,616
Wigan 3,161 2,972 3,015 3,096
Bamsley 1,953 1,760 1,714 1,696
Doncaster 2,835 2,753 2,691 2,760
Rotherham 2,474 2,522 2,464 2,335
Sheffield 4,123 4,043 3,937 3,866 4
Bradford 4,952 5,012 5,093 66 5,004 66
Calderdale 1,859 1,791 1,806 89 1,827 96
Kirklees 3,761 59 3,701 62 3,590 70 3,632 71
Leeds 6,514 6,320 6,300 6,010
Wakefield 2,882 2,909 2,748 2,741
Gateshead 1,784 1,750 1,731 1,707
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2,412 2,346 2,285 2,212
North Tyneside 1,896 1,826 1,768 1,765
South Tyneside 1,496 1,410 1,385 1,325
Sunderland 2,751 2,681 2,692 2,651
Isles of Scilly 25 29 27 28
Avon 7,282 7,401 51 7,996 96 7,612 99
Bedfordshire 4,891 45 4,909 44 4,959 51 4,983 194
Berkshire 5,866 5,892 41 5,892 360 6,080 540
Buckinghamshire 5,079 5,136 150 4,973 217 5,215 299
Cambridge 5,419 5,377 5,419 10 5,667 367
Cheshire 7,863 26 7,956 30 7,968 34 8,072 42
Cleveland 5,538 5,536 5,546 5,560
Cornwall 3,855 3,751 3,697 3,647
Cumbria 4,347 4,191 4,154 102 4,211 341
Derbyshire 8,411 8,490 127 7,910 139 8,098 285
Devon 7,190 29 7,133 31 7,076 33 7,229 90
Dorset 4,604 4,476 56 4,512 168 4,389 374
Durham 4,965 4,845 5,007 5,239
East Sussex 4,571 4,524 4,673 4,908
Essex 12,407 12,274 12,251 205 12,033 1,665
Gloucestershire 4,213 4,349 187 4,042 186 4,090 828
Hampshire 11,675 11,415 44 11,593 190 12,037 394
Hereford and Worcester 5,141 5,413 5,451 5,441
Hertfordshire 8,530 8,248 165 8,155 305 8,280 411
Humberside 7,624 7,722 7,680 4 7,740 5
Isle of Wight 987 1,008 1,021 997
Kent 11,923 29 11,674 30 11,724 828 11,980 1,709
Lancashire 11,756 46 11,761 106 11,733 225 11,922 281
Leicestershire 7,886 7,764 21 7,830 24 7,570 25
Lincolnshire 4,612 105 4,869 185 4,748 479 4,808 935
Norfolk 5,840 5,564 65 5,687 102 5,791 474
North Yorkshire 5,590 5,656 5,803 5,594
Northamptonshire 5,094 5,337 39 5,458 222 5,466 602
Northumberland 2,809 2,736 2,791 2,677
Nottinghamshire 8,572 8,383 8,530 8,508 20
Oxfordshire 4,167 4,042 4,150 4,206
Shropshire 3,671 3,634 30 3,712 31 3,563 31
Somerset 3,669 3,585 3,558 34 3,595 46
Staffordshire 8,681 8,862 8,798 8,357 55
Suffolk 4,911 4,949 5,277 5,276
Surrey 6,690 6,625 47 6,511 276 6,677 590
Warwickshire 4,005 3,984 3,904 88 3,961 206
West Sussex 4,935 4,855 5,210 5,319
Wiltshire 4,402 4,513 4,559 34 4,596 112
England 398,542 906 394,945 2,430 394,874 7,121 396,331 15,353
1. Exclude sixth form colleges.
2. All FTEs rounded to whole numbers.

Full-time equivalent teachers employed by local education authorities and grant-maintained (GM) schools in the nursery, primary and secondary sector: January 1994 to January 1996
Local education authority area 1994 1995 1996
All schools including GM GM only All schools including GM GM only All schools including GM GM only
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Corporation of London 14 16 15
Camden 1,321 160 1,346 165 1,437 173
Greenwich 1,984 1,939 11 1,981 13
Hackney 1,459 1,429 7 1,401 7
Hammersmith and Fulham 977 86 941 82 916 85
Islington 1,627 1,360 1,374
Kensington and Chelsea 670 65 674 78 702 76
Lambeth 1,575 303 1,680 390 1,701 421
Lewisham 1,809 23 1,863 21 1,892 22
Southwark 1,739 236 1,687 237 1,751 243
Tower Hamlets 2,309 57 2,250 59 2,250 56
Wandsworth 1,625 478 1,561 485 1,572 474
Westminster 1,160 1,121 1,145
Barking and Dagenham 1,375 1,446 1,487
Barnet 2,596 649 2,638 720 2,765 732
Bexley 1,781 202 1,836 261 1,808 262
Brent 1,962 595 1,971 803 2,066 882
Bromley 2,179 745 2,181 871 2,195 1,034
Croydon 2,326 266 2,409 544 2,518 562
Ealing 2,077 444 2,097 460 2,119 463
Enfield 2,273 362 2,358 371 2,412 376
Haringey 1,719 1,730 1,894
Harrow 1,566 33 1,576 37 1,561 40
Havering 1,907 236 1,891 249 1,828 240
Hillingdon 1,814 875 1,870 911 1,898 907
Hounslow 1,880 128 1,890 134 1,979 131
Kingston upon Thames 1,066 202 1,057 208 1,038 205
Merton 1,255 1,269 51 1,215 54
Newham 1,916 43 1,968 44 2,162 41
Redbridge 1,927 72 1,937 74 1,984 76
Richmond upon Thames 1,040 1,052 1,081
Sutton 1,292 443 1,354 452 1,372 456
Waltham Forest 1,718 127 1,706 140 1,674 159
Birmingham 9,452 922 9,366 1,087 9,584 1,103
Coventry 2,747 2,657 2,710
Dudley 2,534 303 2,576 318 2,643 325
Sandwell 2,828 48 2,689 109 2,664 111
Solihull 1,836 26 1,845 25 1,828 25
Walsall 2,668 390 2,560 465 2,607 462
Wolverhampton 2,447 164 2,377 166 2,331 173
Knowsley 1,354 44 1,446 46 1,429 48
Liverpool 4,191 147 4,194 204 4,289 230
St. Helens 1,637 1,635 1,575
Sefton 2,484 2,546 2,550
Wirral 2,885 129 2,927 132 3,026 216
Bolton 2,445 202 2,467 202 2,438 204
Bury 1,395 10 1,420 10 1,462 10
Manchester 3,631 3,587 3,640 22
Oldham 2,215 2,202 2,193
Rochdale 1,789 101 1,819 189 1,840 193
Salford 1,802 27 1,821 30 1,866 32
Stockport 2,170 2,185 2,232
Tameside 1,791 137 1,842 139 1,815 141
Trafford 1,621 192 1,694 205 1,686 265
Wigan 2,728 2,754 2,715
Barnsley 1,721 1,704 1,668
Doncaster 2,732 2,703 2,654 70
Rotherham 2,403 2,440 2,347
Sheffield 3,797 136 3,719 182 3,803 186
Bradford 5,103 342 4,779 400 4,761 413
Calderdale 1,814 298 1,769 530 1,780 607
Kirklees 3,443 77 3,373 79 3,339 85
Leeds 5,839 75 5,759 71 5,913 71
Wakefieled 2,630 2,704 2,711
Gateshead 1,759 1,715 1,687

Full-time equivalent teachers employed by local education authorities and grant-maintained (GM) schools in the nursery, primary and secondary sector: January 1994 to January 1996
Local education authority area 1994 1995 1996
All schools including GM GM only All schools including GM GM only All schools including GM GM only
Newcastle upon Tyne 2,112 2,104 2,051
North Tyneside 1,649 1,639 11 1,630 11
South Tyneside 1,342 1,340 1,320
Sunderland 2,744 2,728 2,638
Isles of Scilly 27 26 27
Avon 7,504 107 7,677 118 7,675 115
Bedfordshire 4,808 586 5,008 629 4,991 626
Berkshire 6,149 614 6,171 729 6,203 753
Buckinghamshire 5,236 689 5,310 770 5,291 740
Cambridge 5,501 1,005 5,573 1,029 5,505 1,035
Cheshire 7,922 177 8,013 185 8,074 191
Cleveland 5,243 5,189 5,207
Cornwall 3,561 3,675 3,658
Cumbria 4,078 612 4,016 849 4,005 911
Derbyshire 7,861 1,069 7,555 1,185 7,528 1,259
Devon 7,358 304 7,437 319 7,454 379
Dorset 4,330 587 4,393 651 4,397 663
Durham 5,105 5,117 5,070
East Sussex 4,779 4,899 4,904
Essex 11,616 4,407 11,771 5,165 12,237 5,228
Gloucestershire 4,195 1,234 4,258 1,616 4,259 1,655
Hampshire 11,394 1,147 11,871 1,348 11,713 1,277
Hereford and Worcester 5,256 202 5,329 207 5,247 207
Hertfordshire 8,510 1,256 8,725 1,719 8,707 1,736
Humberside 7,229 13 7,394 19 7,378 22
Isle of Wight 1,013 999 994
Kent 12,224 3,110 12,552 3,724 12,655 4,085
Lancashire 12,051 455 12,088 485 11,581 499
Leicestershire 7,832 193 7,810 194 7,711 187
Lincolnshire 4,876 1,344 4,877 1,507 4,990 1,612
Norfolk 5,808 706 5,898 763 5,840 801
North Yorkshire 5,844 5,774 2 5,953 2
Northamptonshire 5,376 767 5,624 796 5,477 785
Northumberland 2,644 42 2,672 45 2,657 44
Nottinghamshire 8,376 120 8,354 121 7,920 154
Oxfordshire 4,363 5 4,426 5 4,155 4
Shropshire 3,352 243 3,384 330 3,319 327
Somerset 3,653 49 3,665 76 3,483 81
Staffordshire 8,263 267 8,245 279 8,343 283
Suffolk 5,391 5,466 5,380
Surrey 6,206 816 6,529 1,218 6.938 1,369
Warwickshire 4,017 311 4,027 327 3,875 363
West Sussex 5,208 5,230 17 5,320 18
Wiltshire 4,604 759 4,698 1,053 4,602 1,134
England 390,430 33,794 392,910 39,941 393,334 41,732
1. Exclude sixth form colleges.
2. All FTEs rounded to whole numbers.