School Classroom Technicians

HC Deb 08 December 1997 vol 302 c432W

Mr. Sawford

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people are currently employed as school classroom technicians. [18128]

Mr. Byers

The available information is shown in the table.

Full-time equivalent numbers of education support staff in schools in England: January 1997
	Technicians1
Nursery	n/a
Primary	n/a
Middle	173
Secondary	12,420
Special2	256
Pupil Referral unit	n/a
City Technology Colleges	143
Independent	n/a
n/a = not available.
1 Includes laboratory assistants/technicians, design technology assistants/technicians (including home economics assistants, craft technicians), IT technicians.
2 Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools.