§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many classroom assistants were employed in schools in January 1998 and 1999. [107538]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisFor schools in England, in January 1998 there were 101,660 full-time equivalent teaching assistants, and in January 1999 there were 108,050. These figures do not include assistants in nursery schools and independent schools.