§ Mr. PickthallTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what evidence he has assessed on the change in the number of supply teachers hours worked in(a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools over the last two years for which figures are available. [86491]
§ Mr. MilibandThe total number of occasional teachers with contracts of less than one month, working for the whole day of the survey date, fell from 19,600 in January 2001 to 17,500 in January 2002. In the nursery and primary phase, the number of occasional teachers went down by 1,900 to 10,100 in January 2002, and in the secondary sector, by 200 to 6,400. There were also 1,000 occasionals in special schools and providing education outside of school in 2002 (1,100 in 2001). Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Information on the number of hours worked is not collected centrally.