Teaching Assistants (Manchester)

HC Deb 26 April 2004 vol 420 cc815-6W

Mr. Kaufman

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teaching assistants

Proportion1 of UK domiciled applicants, accepted through UCAS from each social class, 1994–2001 entry
	Year of entry
Social Class	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
I—Professional	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
II—Intermediate	44	43	44	44	44	44	44	44
IIIn—Skilled non manual	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
IIIm—Skilled manual	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	18
IV—Partly skilled	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8
V—Unskilled	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Combined groups: IV and V	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1 of those of known social class
Source:
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service

there were in schools in Manchester, Gorton (a) in each of the last seven years and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available. [167459]

Mr. Miliband

The following table shows the full time equivalent number of teaching assistants in service in maintained schools in the Manchester, Gorton constituency in each year between 1997 and 2003, the latest year for which information is available.

Manchester, Gorton	Number of assistants
1997	150
1998	150
1999	160
2000	180
2001	260
2002	300
2003	360
Source:
Annual Schools Census.