HC Deb 15 July 2002 vol 389 cc57-60W
Mr. Coleman

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teacher vacancies there are in each(a) Government office region and (b) local education authority. [68902]

Mr. Miliband

The tables show provisional vacancy numbers by region for January 2002 and final vacancy numbers by local education authority for January 2001. Figures are not yet available for 2002 at local education authority level.

Vacancy1 numbers in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools in England by Government office region: January 2002
Government office region 20022
North East 140
North West 320
Yorkshire and the Humber 370
East Midlands 270
West Midlands 470
East of England 680
London 1,320
South East 770
South West 170
Total vacancies 4,480

1 Advertised vacancies for full-time permanent appointments (or appointments of at least one term's duration). Includes vacancies being filled on a temporary basis of less than one term.

2 Provisional.

Vacancy numbers in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools by LEA1 and Government office region: January 2001
Number of vacancies
North East
Gateshead 6
Newcastle upon Tyne 19
North Tyneside 14
South Tyneside 0
Sunderland 20
Hartlepool 5
Middlesbrough 20
Redcar and Cleveland 18
Stockton on Tees 15
Darlington 8
Durham 37
Northumberland 0
Total 162
North West
Cumbria 6
Cheshire 25
Halton 6
Warrington 11
Bolton 7
Bury 4
Manchester 0
Oldham 16
Rochdale 5
Salford 4
Stockport 25
Tameside 23
Trafford 0
Wigan 11
Lancashire 61
Blackburn with Darwen 19
Blackpool 5
Knowsley 12
Liverpool 0
St. Helens 8
Sefton 15
Wirral 20
Total 283
Yorkshire and the Humber
Kingston-Upon-Hull, City of 8
East Riding of Yorkshire 6
North East Lincolnshire 20
North Lincolnshire 10
North Yorkshire 12
York 6
Barnsley 20
Doncaster 10
Rotherham 1
Sheffield 14
Bradford 0
Calderdale 7
Kirklees 10
Leeds 47
Wakefield 14
Total 185
East Midlands
Derbyshire 45
Derby 16
Leicestershire 30
Leicester 42
Rutland 0
Lincolnshire 20

Vacancy numbers in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools by LEA1 and Government office region: January 2001
Number of vacancies
Northamptonshire 20
Nottingham 41
Total 214
West Midlands
Herefordshire 18
Worcestershire 8
Telford and Wrekin 5
Staffordshire 40
Stoke-on-Trent 20
Warwickshire 42
Birmingham 83
Coventry 24
Dudley align="right">28
Sandwell align="right">49
Solihull 32
Walsall 17
Wolverhampton 32
Total 402
East of England
Cambridgeshire 3
Peterborough 7
Norfolk 71
Suffolk 89
Bedfordshire 76
Luton 63
Essex 220
Southend-on-Se 24
Thurrock 69
Hertfordshire 50
Total 672
London
City of London 0
Camden 0 59
Greenwich 63
Hackney 101
Hammersmith and Fulham 49
Islington 56
Kensington and Chelsea 36
Lambeth 51
Lewisham 71
Southwark 100
Tower Hamlets 157
Wandsworth 53
Westminster 49
Barking and Dagenham 24
Barnet 100
Bexley 85
Brent 23
Bromley 63
Croydon 77
Ealing 66
Enfield 65
Haringey 43
Harrow 58
Havering 38
Hillingdon 52
Hounslow 18
Kingston upon Thames 23
Merton 18
Newham 103
Redbridge 40
Richmond upon Thames 30
Sutton 10
Waltham Forest 7
Total 1,788

Vacancy numbers in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools by LEA1 and Government office region: January 2001
Number of vacancies
South East
Bracknell Forest 16
Windsor and Maidenhead 34
West Berkshire 10
Reading 37
Slough 62
Wokingham 18
Buckinghamshire 59
Milton Keynes 21
East Sussex 43
Brighton and Hove 17
Hampshire 175
Portsmouth 59
Southampton 50
Isle of Wight 7
Kent 196
Medway 51
Oxfordshire 16
Surrey 104
West Sussex 82
Total 1,057
South West
Isles of Scilly 0
Bath and North East Somerset 9
City of Bristol 25
North Somerset 7
South Gloucestershire 7
Cornwall 0
Devon 47
Plymouth 1
Torbay 9
Dorset 18
Poole 19
Bournemouth 7
Gloucestershire 14
Somerset 11
Wiltshire 19
Swindon 20
Total 213
England total 4,976

1 Advertised vacancies for full-time permanent appointments (or appointments of at least one term's duration). Includes vacancies being filled on a temporary basis of less than one term.

Source:

DfES annual 618G survey.