HC Deb 15 May 2003 vol 405 cc354-5W
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

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.