Supply Teachers (Hansard, 5 March 2002)

§ Mr. Timms

[holding answer 1 March 2002): Information is not collected centrally in the form requested. The numbers of occasional teachers with contracts of less than one month, working for the whole day on the survey date, in the maintained schools sector, in January of each year, 1997 to 2001, by local education authority^1,2, were as follows.

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	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
City of London	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—
Camden	80	90	100	110	70
Greenwich	60	70	60	50	100
Hackney	50	80	70	110	230
Hammersmith and Fulham	80	90	80	90	230
Islington	90	60	140	130	120
Kensington and Chelsea	90	70	60	50	60
Lambeth	70	30	30	90	50
Lewisham	110	100	110	90	100
Southwark	110	130	130	140	120
Tower Hamlets	70	110	80	90	220
Wandsworth	30	70	50	50	50
City of Westminster	50	70	70	50	80
Barking and Dagenham	60	100	90	60	110
Barnet	40	60	90	80	100
Bexley	70	60	100	130	110
Brent	50	60	70	110	100
Bromley	60	40	60	100	110
Croydon	110	100	100	110	190
Ealing	30	60	50	70	100
Enfield	60	90	70	100	140
Haringey	120	120	130	100	100
Harrow	40	40	40	120	120
Havering	60	70	80	100	90
Hillingdon	30	30	40	70	90
Hounslow	90	60	90	80	50
Kingston upon Thames	20	40	40	30	60
Merton	60	70	60	80	60
Newham	170	160	130	200	230
Redbridge	30	40	40	30	60
Richmond upon Thames	60	20	60	70	110
Sutton	60	40	40	70	40
Waltham Forest	30	50	50	50	40
Birmingham	300	460	200	220	300
Coventry	120	80	70	100	110
Dudley	70	130	80	120	120
Sandwell	60	70	60	60	90
Solihull	50	80	40	50	80
Walsall	110	60	60	80	80
Wolverhampton	70	70	60	70	150
Knowsley	60	60	80	100	40
Liverpool	230	130	150	190	130
St. Helens	60	60	80	70	60
Sefton	100	90	110	140	150
Wirral	120	90	120	130	170
Bolton	110	100	110	120	140
Bury	80	50	60	70	100
Manchester	100	140	140	120	240
Oldham	40	40	60	40	30
Rochdale	110	90	100	110	130
Salford	70	110	90	80	100
Stockport	120	130	60	60	120
Tameside	40	30	40	80	80
Trafford	70	60	40	10	100
Wigan	110	180	190	170	170
Barnsley	120	100	110	140	140
Doncaster	100	70	70	80	100
Rotherham	100	100	110	140	140
Sheffield	150	150	190	190	210
Bradford	180	120	200	260	310
Calderdale	70	50	70	110	80
Kirklees	140	110	150	140	130
Leeds	150	160	170	170	240
Wakefield	100	90	120	140	140
Gateshead	50	60	60	100	130
Newcastle upon Tyne	60	70	80	70	120
North Tyneside	70	60	80	90	100
South Tyneside	50	30	60	60	80
Sunderland	60	110	80	80	80
Isles of Scilly	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—
Bath and North-east Somerset	60	30	60	70	60
City of Bristol	220	160	130	230	150
North Somerset	30	80	120	90	70
South Gloucestershire	130	70	80	90	130

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	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Hartlepool	40	30	50	50	30
Middlesbrough	60	40	50	40	60
Redcar and Cleveland	30	50	50	60	40
Stockton on Tees	90	70	90	100	130
City of Kingston Upon Hull	100	90	80	130	180
East Riding of Yorkshire	80	90	130	110	140
North-East Lincolnshire	80	70	60	60	80
North Lincolnshire	110	90	60	50	70
North Yorkshire	170	130	170	190	270
York	110	80	70	140	100
Former Bedfordshire	290	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Bedfordshire	⁴—	210	80	130	130
Luton	⁴—	80	60	50	420
Total former Bedfordshire area	290	290	140	190	550
Former Buckinghamshire	40	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Buckinghamshire	⁴—	40	30	40	120
Milton Keynes	⁴—	40	60	80	80
Total former Buckinghamshire area	40	80	90	110	200
Former Derbyshire	270	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Derbyshire	⁴—	190	170	240	260
Derby	⁴—	50	40	70	³—
Total former Derbyshire area	270	240	210	310	260
Former Dorset	70	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Dorset	⁴—	³—	90	100	100
Poole	⁴—	30	30	30	30
Bournemouth	⁴—	40	60	40	80
Total former Dorset area	70	80	180	170	200
Former Durham	230	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Durham	⁴—	220	200	280	270
Darlington	⁴—	10	³—	40	50
Total former Durham area	230	230	200	320	330
Former East Sussex	100	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
East Sussex	⁴—	100	150	120	150
Brighton and Hove	⁴—	40	40	50	60
Total former East Sussex area	100	140	190	170	210
Former Hampshire	420	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Hampshire	⁴—	290	310	420	520
Portsmouth	⁴—	40	70	60	70
Southampton	⁴—	50	60	80	100
Total former Hampshire area	420	380	440	570	690
Former Leicestershire	270	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Leicestershire	⁴—	80	120	150	180
Leicester	⁴—	70	70	130	150
Rutland	⁴—	10	10	³—	30
Total former Leicestershire area	270	160	190	280	360
Former Staffordshire	340	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Staffordshire	⁴—	250	210	290	320
Stoke on Trent	⁴—	70	100	150	130
Total former Staffordshire area	340	330	310	430	440
Former Wiltshire	120	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Wiltshire	⁴—	70	70	130	120
Swindon	⁴—	40	50	60	50
Total former Wiltshire area	120	110	120	190	170
Former Berkshire	120	130	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Bracknell Forest	⁴—	⁴—	30	50	40
Windsor and Maidenhead	⁴—	⁴—	20	20	20
West Berkshire	⁴—	⁴—	40	30	30
Reading	⁴—	⁴—	20	20	60
Slough	⁴—	⁴—	50	50	60
Wokingham	⁴—	⁴—	50	³—	40
Total former Berkshire area	120	130	200	170	230

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	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Former Cambridgeshire	150	120	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Cambridgeshire	⁴—	⁴—	120	60	90
Peterborough	⁴—	⁴—	³—	20	90
Total former Cambridgeshire area	150	120	120	80	180
Former Cheshire	210	150	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Cheshire	⁴—	⁴—	150	180	170
Halton	⁴—	⁴—	30	20	60
Warrington	⁴—	⁴—	100	40	60
Total former Cheshire area	210	150	270	240	290
Former Devon	210	250	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Devon	⁴—	⁴—	170	270	270
Plymouth	⁴—	⁴—	70	110	170
Torbay	⁴—	⁴—	40	40	60
Total former Devon area	210	250	280	410	490
Former Essex	290	240	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Essex	⁴—	⁴—	180	330	480
Southend on Sea	⁴—	⁴—	30	40	60
Thurrock	⁴—	⁴—	20	40	60
Total former Essex area	290	240	230	410	590
Former Hereford and Worcestershire	110	140	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Herefordshire	⁴—	⁴—	50	20	60
Worcestershire	⁴—	⁴—	150	180	160
Total former Hereford and Worcester area	110	140	200	200	210
Former Kent	260	130	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Kent	⁴—	⁴—	330	430	470
Medway	⁴—	⁴—	20	60	130
Total former Kent area	260	130	350	490	600
Former Lancashire	560	510	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Lancashire	⁴—	⁴—	270	370	340
Blackburn with Darwen	⁴—	⁴—	90	70	80
Blackpool	⁴—	⁴—	50	60	100
Total former Lancashire area	560	510	400	510	520
Former Nottinghamshire	310	450	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Nottinghamshire	⁴—	⁴—	400	360	280
Nottingham	⁴—	⁴—	80	130	130
Total former Nottinghamshire area	310	450	470	480	400
Former Shropshire	110	130	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
Shropshire	⁴—	⁴—	120	110	100
Telford and Wrekin	⁴—	⁴—	70	80	90
Total former Shropshire area	110	130	190	180	190
Cornwall	100	130	290	260	250
Cumbria	130	130	140	170	180
Gloucestershire	70	80	100	150	130
Hertfordshire	120	90	130	170	120
Isle of Wight	60	40	40	40	60
Lincolnshire	140	140	160	230	230
Norfolk	210	160	140	260	220
Northamptonshire	190	240	130	160	190
Northumberland	170	140	150	130	190
Oxfordshire	140	110	170	120	130
Somerset	150	140	160	220	330
Suffolk	220	230	210	270	240
Surrey	130	130	130	180	260
Warwickshire	110	110	130	140	130
West Sussex	170	100	130	150	210
England	13,610	13,150	14,120	16,660	19,590
¹ Local education authorities created by local government re-organisation in 1997 and 1998 are shown under their parent authority. Data have been aggregated to give totals for the former authority areas, in order to allow comparisons between years.
² All figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not appear to equal the sum of their component parts, due to rounding.
³ Less than five.
⁴ Not applicable.

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