HC Deb 21 April 2004 vol 420 cc514-7W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) teachers and (b) teaching assistants there were in each local education authority in Greater London in each of the last seven years. [165839]

Mr. Miliband

[holding answer 19 April 2004]: The following table gives the numbers of full time equivalent regular teachers and teaching assistants employed in maintained schools in the Greater London area broken down by local education authority for each year between 1997 and 2003.

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Greenwich
Teachers 2,070 2,010 2,030 2,040 2,030 2,080 2,140
Teaching assistants 360 400 430 510 650 650 730
Hackney
Teachers 1,450 1,490 1,520 1,510 1,480 1,470 1,600
Teaching assistants 210 250 290 380 420 490 530
Hammersmith and Fulham
Teachers 930 920 930 1,000 1,000 1,010 1,060
Teaching assistants 190 200 210 250 240 260 300
Islington
Teachers 1,420 1,410 1,330 1,350 1,300 1,460 1,380
Teaching assistants 250 250 270 350 360 350 480
Kensington and Chelsea
Teachers 680 670 680 650 660 670 720
Teaching assistants 130 140 140 170 210 220 260
Lambeth
Teachers 1,710 1,700 1,660 1,620 1,580 1,670 1,620
Teaching assistants 300 350 390 500 560 580 640
Lewisham
Teachers 1,870 1,870 1,810 1,890 1,980 2,070 2,040
Teaching assistants 280 290 320 410 570 470 560
Southwark
Teachers 1,750 1,800 1,850 1,840 1,960 2,060 2,090
Teaching assistants 350 420 430 650 810 750 710
Tower Hamlets
Teachers 2,270 2,170 2,310 2,250 2,180 2,220 2,310
Teaching assistants 370 400 450 510 800 970 950
Wandsworth
Teachers 1,690 1,680 1,700 1,680 1,730 1,770 1,750
Teaching assistants 330 370 370 460 470 380 530
Westminster
Teachers 1,140 1,160 1,160 1,190 1,250 1,300 1,320
Teaching assistants 150 170 160 190 190 310 280
Barking and Dagenham
Teachers 1,450 1,420 1,450 1,470 1,480 1,510 1,570
Teaching assistants 300 290 310 320 400 500 510
Barnet
Teachers 2,770 2,730 2,720 2,710 2,740 2,820 2,850
Teaching assistants 290 340 400 480 550 740 720
Bexley
Teachers 1,860 1,870 1,940 1,920 2,030 2,160 2,090
Teaching assistants 200 230 280 310 380 320 560
Brent
Teachers 2,160 2,190 2,160 2,100 2,110 2,160 2,380
Teaching assistants 260 300 360 390 440 450 470
Bromley
Teachers 2,270 2,330 2,340 2,340 2,540 2,640 2,590
Teaching assistants 210 230 230 270 360 440 500
Croydon
Teachers 2,620 2,640 2,590 2,880 2,820 2,860 2,880
Teaching assistants 400 410 510 530 660 630 870
Ealing
Teachers 2,230 2,220 2,250 2,240 2,220 2,320 2,310
Teaching assistants 340 360 370 400 510 450 530
Enfield
Teachers 2,550 2,610 2,650 2,740 2,670 2,670 2,820
Teaching assistants 250 290 290 500 590 810 880

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Haringey
Teachers 1,870 1,830 1,860 1,850 1,850 1,890 1,910
Teaching assistants 350 360 380 420 490 650 680
Harrow
Teachers 1,580 1,500 1,490 1,380 1,490 1,500 1,550
Teaching assistants 270 270 290 300 300 330 430
Havering
Teachers 1,870 1,870 1,900 1,890 1,950 2,040 2,060
Teaching assistants 170 170 200 260 300 310 520
Hillingdon
Teachers 2,000 2,030 2,030 2,130 2,180 2,230 2,230
Teaching assistants 300 340 380 420 510 520 590
Hounslow
Teachers 2,000 1,940 1,980 1,950 2,020 2,010 2,010
Teaching assistants 280 280 290 330 380 400 400
Kingston upon Thames
Teachers 1,060 1,050 1,040 1,060 1,070 1,070 1,170
Teaching assistants 130 130 150 170 220 220 250
Merton
Teachers 1,210 1,170 1,190 1,150 1,210 1,210 1,240
Teaching assistants 190 200 220 240 290 250 300
Newham
Teachers 2,190 2,200 2,290 2,350 2,420 2,520 2,570
Teaching assistants 280 280 390 500 960 720 1,070
Redbridge
Teachers 2,100 2,130 2,180 2,200 2,370 2,380 2,470
Teaching assistants 190 230 270 370 450 580 620
Richmond upon Thames
Teachers 1,070 1,070 1,060 1,030 1,040 1,090 1,100
Teaching assistants 100 110 110 130 160 210 220
Sutton
Teachers 1,390 1,420 1,450 1,480 1,530 1,590 1,710
Teaching assistants 160 170 210 230 260 340 310
Waltham Forest
Teachers 2,010 2,080 2,090 2,060 1,940 2,020 1,940
Teaching assistants 380 400 410 470 490 610 640
Greater London
Teachers 56,800 56,700 57,100 57,300 58,300 60,100 60,900
Teaching assistants 8,160 8,870 9,790 11,740 14,330 15,340 17,510
Source:
Annual School Census (teaching assistants) and the Annual Survey of Teachers in Service and Teacher Vacancies.