§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the number of classroom assistants in post for each local education authority for the years 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98 and 1998–99 and the predicted number for 1999–2000 and 2000–01. [HL4603]
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§ The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Baroness Blackstone)The available information is shown in the table. For 1999–2000 and future years, the Government made a commitment in the teachers' Green Paper,Meeting the Challenge of Change, to support the recruitment of an extra 20,000 full-time equivalent teaching assistants by March 2002.
Up to 2,000 additional assistants are being recruited in this financial year as part of the Additional Literacy Support programme. The Secretary of State recently announced that in 2000–01 LEAs will receive £130 million to meet the cost of recruiting and training up to 15,000 extra assistants.
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Full-time equivalent1 number of Education Support Staff2 by Local Education Authority area in schools 3,4 in England to January each year 1996 1997 1998 1999 England 91,398.5 97,279.8 103,760.5 110,302.6 North East 3,895.4 4,079.0 4,233.9 4,524.8 Cleveland5 937.3 - - - Hartlepool - 151.6 161.9 171.4 Middlesbrough - 302.6 291.2 317.4 Redcar and Cleveland - 231.6 250.6 261.1 Stockton-on-Tees - 328.0 340.8 365.2 Durham5 841.6 866.7 - - Darlington - - 153.8 169.2 Durham6 - - 782.8 820.0 Northumberland 392.4 436.3 470.3 517.2 Gateshead 229.9 249.8 245.2 267.5 Newcastle upon Tyne 428.4 424.9 468.6 496.0 North Tyneside 343.7 340.8 339.8 356.4 182WA
Full-time equivalent1 number of Education Support Staff2 by Local Education Authority area in schools3,4 in England to January each year 1996 1997 1998 1999 South Tyneside 197.1 198.4 199.2 210.1 Sunderland 525.0 548.5 529.8 573.2 North West and Mersey side 11,975.2 12,705.0 13,472.7 14,211.9 North West 9,528.2 10,155.8 10,755.5 11,301.7 Cheshire 5 1,700.7 1,779.9 1,867.3 - Halton - - - 244.9 Warrington - - - 358.5 Cheshire6 - - - 1,240.6 Cumbria 727.2 808.0 853.5 915.9 Bolton 479.0 526.3 574.2 645.4 Bury 302.7 329.3 314.6 340.0 Manchester 943.9 934.9 942.7 970.2 Oldham 509.8 537.7 566.2 604.3 Rochdale 317.4 335.4 357.2 384.6 Salford 543.9 542.8 540.0 538.5 Stockport 637.3 693.7 692.9 695.9 Tameside 328.7 349.4 363.0 403.6 Trafford 254.9 258.9 287.8 305.2 Wigan 450.6 477.0 557.0 589.9 Lancashire5 2,332.1 2,581.6 2,839.2 - Blackburn with Darwen - - - 458.9 Blackpool - - - 267.2 Lancashire6 - - - 2,338.2 Merseyside 2,447.1 2,549.2 2,717.2 2,910.2 Knowsley 312.9 330.9 354.6 407.9 Liverpool 854.4 849.0 900.8 939.1 St. Helens 333.4 349.3 372.9 398.3 Sefton 519.6 550.6 581.6 619.5 Wirral 426.8 469.4 507.3 545.5 Yorkshire and Humberside 10,650.8 11,311.1 11,879.6 12,408.1 Humberside 1,691.2 - - - East Riding of Yorkshire - 583.6 630.8 681.7 City of Kingston-upon-Hull - 544.0 582.0 635.6 North East Lincolnshire - 322.2 358.4 399.2 North Lincolnshire - 276.2 299.4 356.5 North Yorkshire5 887.1 - - - York - 205.1 235.2 248.7 North Yorkshire 6 - 803.5 916.0 930.4 Barnsley 473.5 525.6 518.1 508.0 Doncaster 760.5 800.4 768.6 778.3 Rotherham 433.7 448.8 476.0 522.9 Sheffield 782.8 831.6 894.1 986.1 Bradford 1,588.5 1,661.2 1,619.0 1,668.9 Calderdale 516.1 552.8 599.5 615.9 Kirklees 896.6 937.9 1,010.4 1,083.5 Leeds 1,939.0 2,073.0 2,179.4 2,212.4 Wakefield 681.9 745.3 792.7 780.1 East Midlands 7,389.5 7,797.6 8,388.8 9,045.1 Derbyshire 5 1,701.4 1,750.5 — — Derby — — 531.9 579.1 Derbyshire6 — — 1,363.6 1,417.1 Leicestershire5 1,689.7 1,805.6 — — Leicester City — — 784.6 854.0 Rutland — — 73.0 84.7 Leicestershire 6 — — 1,136.6 1,254.2 Lincolnshire 1,139.2 1,206.0 1,239.3 1,285.4 Northamptonshire 1,210.3 1,313.2 1,394.3 1,550.8 Nottinghamshire 5 1,649.0 1,722.3 1,865.6 — City of Nottingham — — — 663.9 Nottinghamshire 6 — — — 1,356.1 West Midlands 9,729.1 10,275.1 11,194.6 11,874.6 Hereford & Worcester 912.3 984.1 1,166.1 — Herefordshire — — — 276.2 Worcestershire —- — — 989.0 Shropshire 5 778.3 805.7 928.1 — Telford and Wrekin — — — 392.7 Shropshire6 — — — 618.0 Staffordshire5 1,676.0 1,793.4 — — Stoke — — 565.6 570.9 Staffordshire6 — — 1,381.3 1,544.6 Warwickshire 835.5 892.0 984.7 1.063.8 183WA
Full-time equivalent 1 number of Education Support Staff2 by Local Education Authority area in schools3,4in England to January each year 1996 1997 1998 1999 Birmingham 2,425.7 2,515.5 2,713.9 2,811.9 Coventry 637.4 695.0 733.9 746.0 Dudley 428.3 479.5 552.9 588.7 Sandwell 590.4 593.3 602.3 643.6 Solihull 355.9 378.2 395.3 407.8 Walsall 598.9 614.7 638.9 651.0 Wolverhampton 490.5 523.9 531.6 570.4 Eastern 9,945.7 10,786.0 11,561.6 12,290.4 Bedfordshire5 1,100.8 1,182.9 — — Luton — — 436.6 518.2 Bedfordshire6 — — 871.2 920.7 Cambridgeshire5 1,751.7 1,862.0 1,972.0 — City of Peterborough — — — 607.7 Cambridgeshire 6 — — — 1,400.0 Essex5 2,857.4 3,195.9 3,341.5 — Southend — — — 411.0 Thurrock — — — 346.2 Essex6 — — — 2,882.3 Hertfordshire 2,158.7 2,231.6 2,378.1 2,457.6 Norfolk 1,154.2 1,313.8 1,459.9 1,578.7 Suffolk 922.9 999.9 1,102.3 1,168.0 London 12,822.2 13,738.8 14,591.1 15,846.8 Inner London 5,346.8 5,661.4 6,046.8 6,536.3 City of London 5.0 4.9 5.7 5.4 Camden 330.0 354.1 374.4 390.1 Hackney 333.2 365.0 388.7 403.8 Hammersmith and Fulham 273.4 291.0 303.9 293.2 Haringey 464.5 497.8 504.6 532.7 Islington 362.0 367.5 358.3 396.6 Kensington and Chelsea 212.1 226.4 228.4 231.0 Lambeth 504.1 501.6 540.0 590.5 Lewisham 435.5 473.3 519.6 581.5 Newham 453.2 517.6 571.2 725.7 Southwark 528.9 560.8 645.7 686.8 Tower Hamlets 615.9 653.0 677.8 739.3 Wandsworth 597.4 600.4 667.0 676.2 Westminster 231.9 248.1 261.6 283.8 Outer London 7,475.4 8,077.4 8,544.2 9,310.5 Barking and Dagenham 375.1 412.4 425.5 438.2 Barnet 574.5 578.2 620.4 682.4 Bexley 311.5 338.4 379.2 448.6 Brent 356.7 416.4 443.9 516.1 Bromley 347.0 382.5 416.1 453.7 Croydon 615.0 670.3 672.7 753.5 Ealing 471.7 509.6 524.8 549.2 Enfield 461.9 528.6 582.0 644.1 Greenwich 513.6 547.5 585.5 613.9 Harrow 400.8 434.1 430.8 453.3 Havering 362.2 388.1 384.0 436.9 Hillingdon 567.4 606.9 675.5 698.4 Hounslow 405.9 429.8 428.9 452.2 Kingston-upon-Thames 171.4 186.6 199.8 232.1 Merton 244.7 272.2 291.2 325.9 Redbridge 364.7 390.0 424.7 478.6 Richmond-upon-Thames 186.3 187.1 204.8 209.6 Sutton 224.1 250.0 282.7 325.5 Waltham Forest 521.0 547.7 571.9 598.4 South East 16,271.6 17,351.8 18,370.3 19,331.4 Berkshire 1,493.5 1,569.8 1,681.2 — Bracknell Forest — — — 220.8 Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead — — — 246.8 West Berkshire — — — 394.3 Reading — — — 299.1 Slough — — — 316.0 Wokingham — — — 358.9 Buckinghamshire5 1,302.1 1,335.4 — — Milton Keynes — — 489.5 525.1 Buckinghamshire6 — — 961.6 964.1 East Sussex5 1,245.7 1,383.9 — — Brighton & Hove — — 530.7 605.4 East Sussex6 — — 982.6 1,070.9
Full-time equivalent 1 number of Education Support Staff2 by Local Education Authority area in schools 3,4 in England to January each year 1996 1997 1998 1999 Hampshire5 3,781.7 3,874.6 — — Portsmouth — — 490.3 568.7 Southampton — — 542.4 583.3 Hampshire6 — — 2,932.4 2,833.5 Isle of Wight 312.0 332.7 405.1 455.9 Kent5 3,538.2 3,885.7 4,011.0 — Medway — — — 668.6 Kent6 — — — 3,646.6 Oxfordshire 1,321.1 1,357.0 1,385.8 1,491.0 Surrey 2,025.5 2,309.9 2,453.4 2,468.0 West Sussex 1,251.9 1,302.8 1,504.2 1,614.3 South West 8,719.0 9,235.6 10,068.0 10,769.5 Avon 1,669.3 — — — Bath and NE Somerset — 270.0 276.5 285.4 City of Bristol — 826.7 891.9 882.0 North Somerset — 308.9 334.5 348.6 South Gloucestershire — 409.3 420.1 450.2 Cornwall 1,192.5 1,257.1 1,330.6 1,449.9 Isles of Scilly 2.2 2.8 3.0 3.2 Devon5 1,919.0 2,038.5 2,327.7 — Torbay — — — 296.8 City of Plymouth — — — 648.6 Devon6 — — — 1,594.2 Dorset5 920.1 978.4 — — Bournemouth — — 256.8 288.8 Poole — — 277.3 319.5 Dorset6 — — 659.7 754.7 Gloucestershire 796.9 829.1 856.0 949.0 Somerset 1,140.6 1,176.7 1,220.5 1,275.1 Wiltshire5 1,078.5 1,138.1 — — Swindon — — 393.5 410.4 Wiltshire6 — — 819.9 813.1 1Includes both full-time and the full-time equivalent of part-time education support staff. 2Includes nursery assistants, special needs support staff, librarians and technicians. 3Includes: Local Education Authority Nursery, Primary, Secondary and Special schools. Grant Maintained Primary, Secondary and Special schools. Middle schools as deemed. Non-maintained Special schools and Special and General Hospital schools. Pupil Referral Units. 4Excludes Sixth Form Colleges. 5Before Local Government Reorganisation. 6After Local Government Reorganisation. —Not applicable for that year.