HC Deb 15 January 2002 vol 378 cc216-8W
Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) primary and secondary teachers, and (b) school support staff there were per thousand of population in (i) Staffordshire (ii) other shire authorities in each year since 1995. [24933]

Mr. Timms

Full-time equivalent regular teachers in maintained primary and secondary schools in existing and former non-metropolitan local authorities1, per thousand of population2, in January of each year, were as follows:

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Northumberland 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.0 8.1 8.0 8.2
Oxfordshire 7.1 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.9 7.1
Somerset 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.9 7.3
Suffolk 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.9 7.8 7.9
Surrey 6.1 6.5 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.4
Warwickshire 7.8 7.5 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.8
West Sussex 7.0 7.0 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0
England 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.8
1 To give consistent time series, data for new authorities created by local government re-organisation in 1996, 1997 and 1998 have been added together to produce data for the former authority areas.
2 Estimated population data provided by the Office for National Statistics.

Full-time equivalent non-teaching staff1 in maintained primary and secondary schools in existing and former

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Isles of Scilly 2.7 3.2 2.9 3.2 2.9 3.2 4.5
Former Avon 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.8
Former Cleveland 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.6 3.4
Former Humberside 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.8 3.0 3.7
Former North Yorkshire 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.6
Former Bedfordshire 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.4 4.0
Former Buckinghamshire 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.7 3.1
Former Derbyshire 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.6 3.1
Former Dorset 1.6 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.7 3.2
Former Durham 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.3
Former East Sussex 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.6 3.0
Former Hampshire 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.4
Former Leicestershire 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.6
Former Staffordshire 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.7 3.1
Former Wiltshire 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.8 3.2
Former Berkshire 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.4
Former Cambridgeshire 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.8
Former Cheshire 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.7
Former Devon 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.4
Former Essex 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.7
Former Hereford and Worcester 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.6
Former Kent 2.3 2.6 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.7
Former Lancashire 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.6 3.0
Former Nottinghamshire 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.6 3.1
Former Shropshire 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.2
Cornwall 2.7 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.9
Cumbria 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.8
Gloucestershire 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.7
Hertfordshire 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.3
Isle of Wight 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.3 3.8 4.1 5.1
Lincolnshire 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6 3.1
Norfolk 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.7 3.3
Northamptonshire 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.5 4.1
Northumberland 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.5 2.9
Oxfordshire 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.8 3.1
Somerset 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.7
Suffolk 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.8
Surrey 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.8
Warwickshire 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.8 3.2
West Sussex 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.8 3.1
England 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.8 3.3
1 Non-teaching staff includes teaching assistants, administrative staff, technicians and other education support staff.
2 To give consistent time series, data for new authorities created by local government re-organisation in 1996, 1997 and 1998 have been added together to produce data for the former authorities areas.
3 Estimated population data provided by the Office for National Statistics.

non-metropolitan local authorities2, per thousand of population3, in January of each year, were as follows: