HC Deb 25 February 2003 vol 400 cc472-3W
Mr. McLoughlin

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) secondary school teachers, (b) primary school teachers and (c) classroom assistants are employed in Derbyshire; and how many teacher vacancies there were in each year since 1997. [98884] Mr. Miliband: The following table provides information for Derbyshire since re-organisation in April 1997.

January each year

Diana Organ

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers in Gloucestershire went through Round 1 on the Teachers Performance Pay Scheme; and what percentage this is of teachers in Gloucestershire. [981181]

Mr. Miliband

[holding answer 24 February 2003]: It is too early to say how many teachers who passed the threshold in Gloucestershire will be advanced by their schools to upper pay scale point two.

Diana Organ

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the closing date was for accepting errors on form TPP-S for rectification. [98681]

Mr. Miliband

Local education authorities were asked to comment on the data returned on form TPP-S by their schools by 20 December 2002. The Department also contacted some schools whose data still appeared obviously inaccurate during the week commencing 6 January and allowed them to amend returns until 10 January.