HC Deb 06 November 2003 vol 412 cc754-5W
David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) primary and (b) secondary teacher vacancies there were in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 31 October of each year since 1997. [136058]

Mr. Miliband

Vacancy data as at October are not collected. The following table shows teacher vacancies in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire at January of each year.

Full-time vacancies in the East Riding of Yorkshire:
Nursery and Primary Secondary
1997 0 0
1998 1 0
1999 4 0
2000 2 0
2001 0 6
2002 12 12
2003 0 5

David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the average class sizes of(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Haltemprice and Howden for the current academic year. [136060]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

Figures on average class sizes for primary and secondary schools for this academic year are not yet available. Monitoring of all class sizes is carried out via the information collected in the Annual Schools Census in January of each year.

As at January 2003, the average sizes of classes taught by one teacher in primary schools and secondary schools in Haltemprice and Howden were 26.8 and 22.2 respectively.

The national figures for primary and secondary schools were 26.3 and 21.9 respectively.