HC Deb 22 January 1998 vol 304 c690W
Mr. Sawford

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the numbers of classroom technicians broken down to show those employees in(a) part-time, (b) full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) all other categories. [24061]

Mr. Byers

The latest available information is shown in the following table.

These figures supersede those shown in the Answer given on 8 December 1997, Official Report column 432; the figure for special schools is a revised figure.

Full-time equivalent numbers of technicians1 in schools in England: January 1997
Full-time Part-time Total
Nursery n/a n/a n/a
Primary n/a n/a n/a
Middle 24.2 148.5 172.6
Secondary 6,488.1 5,933.0 12.421.1
Special2 85.9 67.5 153.4
Pupil referral units n/a n/a n/a
City Technology Colleges 125.0 18.0 143.0
Independent n/a n/a 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.

Due to rounding there may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and the total shown.

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