HC Deb 22 October 2003 vol 411 cc603-4W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) teachers and (b) teaching assistants were employed in (i) the West Midlands and (ii) Coventry in each of the last three years. [133583]

Mr. Miliband

The numbers of teachers and teaching assistants in the West Midlands Government office region (GOR) and Coventry local education authority (LEA) in the last three years are given in the following tables.

Teachers1
Region 2001 2002 2003
Coventry LEA 2,870 2,920 2,910
West Midlands GOR 47,400 47,800 48,200

1Full-time equivalent regular teachers in service in the maintained sector in January of each year.

Source:

618G

Teaching Assistants1
Region 2001 2002 2003
Coventry LEA 800 670 640
West Midlands GOR 10,410 11,120 13,050

1Full-time equivalent teaching assistants in maintained primary, middle and secondary schools, special schools and pupil referral units in January of each year. Includes nursery assistants, special needs support staff, minority ethnic pupil support staff.

Source

Annual Schools' Census