§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) male and (b) female teachers in each year between 1990 and 2001 were aged (i) under 25, (ii) 25 to 29, (iii) 30 to 34. (iv) 35 to 39, (v) 40 to 44, (vi) 45 to 49, (vii) 50 to 54, (viii) 55 to 59, (ix) 60 to 64, (x) 65 years plus and (xi) unknown. [7973]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 15 October 2001]: Full-time regular teachers in the maintained schools sector of England, excluding sixth form colleges, 1990 to 2000 (the last year for which data of teacher characteristics are available), by sex and age, are shown in the table1
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Thousand 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Men and women Under 25 12.0 11.1 10.8 11.4 12.9 14.5 15.2 16.2 17.1 16.5 16.5 25–29 36.2 36.4 37.4 38.4 39.9 41.9 43.9 47.1 50.8 52.9 54.8 30–34 43.7 39.2 36.3 37.4 34.6 35.9 37.4 39.2 40.3 41.2 42.2 35–39 71.2 66.6 61.5 56.3 51.2 46.6 42.3 39.2 37.0 36.1 36.5 40–44 81.8 85.6 85.3 83.9 82.0 78.2 73.6 68.2 62.7 56.2 50.7 45–49 56.8 58.6 65.7 71.7 76.2 81.0 85.5 85.3 83.5 81.6 77.1 49–54 42.7 41.2 40.8 41.5 41.8 43.7 44.7 48.8 51.5 58.5 64.5 55–59 23.4 22.3 21.9 21.5 20.2 19.6 18.5 17.0 16.5 19.0 21.7 60–64 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.2 3.8 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0 65 and over 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Age and sex not known2 0.0 2.8 1.8 4.0 5.5 4.3 4.3 3.5 3.2 2.6 2.9 Part-time (fte) 2,3 24.2 25.5 27.2 27.5 28.5 29.9 30.8 31.2 32.0 33.3 34.7 Full-time and part-time (fte) 397.6 394.8 394.0 395.9 397.0 399.6 399.8 399.2 397.7 401.2 404.6 1 Totals may not be the sum of the component parts because of rounding 2 For 1990 to 1992 the not known and part-time figures are estimated 3 Age and sex details of part-time teachers have not been given because about 10 per cent, to 20 per cent. of part-timers are not recorded on the Teachers' Pension Scheme, from which the data are obtained