Teachers (Hansard, 13 May 2003)

§ Mr. Willis
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list teacher supply agencies with his Department's quality mark status, broken down by year of accreditation. [110052]

§ Mr. Miliband
The following agencies have been awarded the Quality Mark, which is administered by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation:
2002:

Protocol Teachers

Standby Teacher Services

Capita Education Resourcing

Supply Desk

Celsian Group

Academy

Select Education

ITN Teachers

Quay Education Services

Teach London

Louis Paul Recruitment

GB Recruitment

Teachers Workline

Link Education

TimePlan

182W
2003:

Supplynet Recruitment

Kelly Educational Staffing

GSL Education

Reed Education Professionals

Focus Education

Dream Education

SOS Education Services

§ Mr. Damian Green
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many supply teachers were employed in each year since 1997; and what proportion of those who had qualified teacher status, broken down by local education authority. [110185]

§ Mr. Miliband
The information requested has been placed in the Libraries.

§ Mr. Evans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers there were per head of population in(a) Lancashire and (b) the North West of England in each year since 1997. [111575]

§ Mr. Miliband
The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent regular teachers (excluding occasionals) in service in January of each year in the maintained schools sector per thousand of population of all ages.

Teachers per thousand of population

Lancashire¹ North West

1997 8.4 8.8

1998 8.4 8.8

1999 8.6 8.9

2000 8.6 8.9

2001 8.6 9.0

2002^2,3 8.4 8.9

¹ The figures shown for 1997 and 1998 are based on the boundaries prior to local government reorganisation in April 1998.

² The most recent teacher data available at regional or LEA level are for 2002.

³ The population figures used as denominators for 1997 to 2001 are revised mid-year estimates that take account of the 2001 Census. Population estimates for 2002 are not yet available, the percentages for that year are therefore based on projections for mid-2002 (which were prepared before the results of the 2001 Census were known).

§ Mr. Jim Cunningham
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to protect the employment of newly recruited teachers against the consequences of the financial difficulties of the schools which employ them. [112245]

§ Mr. Miliband
It is for schools, as employers, to determine their appropriate staffing levels in line with their budgets.

	Teachers per thousand of population
	Lancashire¹	North West
1997	8.4	8.8
1998	8.4	8.8
1999	8.6	8.9
2000	8.6	8.9
2001	8.6	9.0
2002^2,3	8.4	8.9
¹ The figures shown for 1997 and 1998 are based on the boundaries prior to local government reorganisation in April 1998.
² The most recent teacher data available at regional or LEA level are for 2002.
³ The population figures used as denominators for 1997 to 2001 are revised mid-year estimates that take account of the 2001 Census. Population estimates for 2002 are not yet available, the percentages for that year are therefore based on projections for mid-2002 (which were prepared before the results of the 2001 Census were known).