§ Mr. CoakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers there were in(a) Nottinghamshire and (b) nationally (i) in May 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available. [154462]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe full-time equivalent numbers of regular teachers (ie excluding short-term supply teachers) in the maintained schools sector at January 1997 and January 2000 were as follows:
£million 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 SSA 86.3 89.1 93.7 98.2 101.9 106.2 Grants 0.8 3.1 1.2 3.2 8.9 111.0 Of which: Standards Fund2 0.8 0.9 1.2 2.9 7.1 7.7 Class size reduction — — — 0.3 0.3 0.3 Education action zones — — — — 0.2 10.2 Nursery vouchers — 2.2 — — — — School standards (special grant) — — — — 1.1 2.0 School budget support grant — — — — 0.2 — Education budget support grant — — — — — 0.8 Capital 1.2 0.9 1.9 3.5 7.0 N/A 1 DfEE contributions only. Figures for 2001–02 are provisional. 22001–02 funding for education action zones not included in letter of 16 February 2001 as amount had not been allocated. In the Budget on 7 March, national increases of £100 million for school standards grant and devolved new deal for schools capital were announced. Wandsworth will benefit from these increases; the precise allocations are being calculated, and have not been included in the table above.
Real-terms national recurrent funding per pupil will rise year on year by over £200 in 2001–02 and will have risen by over £500 since 1997–98. There will be an average real-terms increase in per pupil funding of around £750 between 1997–98 and 2003–04.