§ Mrs. BrookeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many education psychologists there were per child in(a) primary education, (b) secondary education, (c) primary schools serving special educational needs and (d) secondary schools serving special educational needs in each year since 1997. [168635]
§ Mr. MilibandInformation on the number of education psychologists is not available by phase of education. The following table gives the number of pupils in all phases per educational psychologist in England for each year from 1997 to 2003, the latest information available.
Number 1997 4,210 1998 4,200 1999 4,050 2000 3,940 2001 3,900 2002 3,770 2003 3,490 Source: Annual survey of Teachers in Service and Teacher Vacancies (educational psychologists) and Annual Schools Census (pupil numbers). Educational psychologists are employed by local education authorities. Decisions on their deployment and use are therefore matters for LEAs to determine in the light of local circumstances and available resources.