Supply Teachers (Hansard, 15 May 2003)

§ Mr. Hepburn
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what percentage supply teachers represent of the total number of teachers in(a)Jarrow, (b) South Tyneside, (c) Tyne and Wear and (d) England; [108739]
(2) how many supply teachers have worked in (a) Jarrow, (b) South Tyneside, (c) Tyne and Wear and (d) England in each year since 1997; [108740]
(3) how many supply teachers are working in (a) Jarrow, (b) South Tyneside, (c) Tyne and Wear and (d) England. [108741]

§ Mr. Miliband
The information is not available at constituency level.
Table 1 shows occasional teachers as a percentage of the full-time equivalent teachers in the maintained sector at January 2002¹.

Table 1

South Tyneside Tyne and Wear² England

Regular teachers³ 1,460 9,710 419,620

Occasional teachers⁴ 100 450 17,470

All teachers 1,560 10,170 437,100

Occasional teachers as percentage of all teachers 6.4 4.4 4.0

Table 2 shows occasional⁴ teacher numbers in the maintained schools sector in January of each of the years shown.

Table 2

South Tyneside Tyen and Wear² England

1997 50 2290 13,610

1998 30 330 13,150

1999 60 360 14,120

2000 60 400 16,660

2001 70 500 19,590

2002¹ 100 450 17,470

¹ January 2002 is the most recent information currently available.

² Tyne and Wear includes Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland authorities.

³ All teachers (FTE) on contracts of a month or more in service on the survey date (17 January 2002).

⁴ Teachers on contracts of less than one month in service for the whole of the day on the survey date.

Source:
DfES annual 618G survey
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§ Mr. Ruffley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of the total number of teachers in(a) the Bury St. Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk, (c) Norfolk, (d) Essex, (e) Cambridgeshire and (f) England supply teachers represent. [109340]

Suffolk Norfolk Essex Cambridgeshire England

Regular teachers² 5,660 6,150 10,920 4,060 419,620

Occasional teachers³ 280 340 390 110 17,470

All teachers 5,940 6,490 11,300 4,170 437,100

Occasional teachers as percentage of all teachers 4.7 5.2 3.4 2.7 4.0

¹ January 2002 is the most recent information currently available.

² All teachers (FTE) on contracts of a month or more in service on the survey date (17 January 2002).

³ Teachers on contracts of less than one month in service for the whole of the day on the survey date.

Note:
Teacher numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
DIES annual 618G survey.

Table 1
	South Tyneside	Tyne and Wear²	England
Regular teachers³	1,460	9,710	419,620
Occasional teachers⁴	100	450	17,470
All teachers	1,560	10,170	437,100
Occasional teachers as percentage of all teachers	6.4	4.4	4.0

Table 2
	South Tyneside	Tyen and Wear²	England
1997	50	2290	13,610
1998	30	330	13,150
1999	60	360	14,120
2000	60	400	16,660
2001	70	500	19,590
2002¹	100	450	17,470
¹ January 2002 is the most recent information currently available.
² Tyne and Wear includes Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland authorities.
³ All teachers (FTE) on contracts of a month or more in service on the survey date (17 January 2002).
⁴ Teachers on contracts of less than one month in service for the whole of the day on the survey date.

	Suffolk	Norfolk	Essex	Cambridgeshire	England
Regular teachers²	5,660	6,150	10,920	4,060	419,620
Occasional teachers³	280	340	390	110	17,470
All teachers	5,940	6,490	11,300	4,170	437,100
Occasional teachers as percentage of all teachers	4.7	5.2	3.4	2.7	4.0
¹ January 2002 is the most recent information currently available.
² All teachers (FTE) on contracts of a month or more in service on the survey date (17 January 2002).
³ Teachers on contracts of less than one month in service for the whole of the day on the survey date.