HC Deb 15 June 2004 vol 422 cc913-4W
Mr. Hurst

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

Total funding per pupil aged 3 to 1)
£
1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04
Camden 3,830 3,850 4,120 4,490 4,770 4,900 5,200
Greenwich 3,490 3,550 3,810 4,200 4,440 4,540 4,470
Hackney 4,020 4,050 4,370 4,710 4,950 5,130 5,400
Hammersmith and Fulham 3,750 3,810 4,050 4,420 4,700 4,940 5,140
Islington 3,720 3,820 4,070 4,530 4,850 4,990 5,190
Kensington and Chelsea 3,580 3,680 4,020 4,390 4,710 5,030 5,280
Lambeth 4,000 4,070 4,320 4,660 4,890 5,080 5,240
Lewisham 3,690 3,760 3,970 4,270 4,540 4,700 4,910
Southwark 3,730 3,800 4,040 4,360 4,620 4,790 4,960
Tower Hamlets 3,970 4,090 4,460 4,810 5,130 5,290 5,510
Wandsworth 3,450 3,480 3,700 3,990 4,230 4,280 4,610
Westminster 3,640 3,660 3,950 4,270 4,510 4.700 5,040
Barking and Dagenham 2,890 3.060 3,180 3,440 3,670 3,800 3,970
Barnet 2,870 2,930 3.060 3,240 3,510 3,600 3,760
Bexley 2,730 2,810 2,900 3,090 3,270 3,360 3,490
Brent 3,300 3,370 3,540 3,750 4,030 4,170 4,380
employed in state schools in (a) the County of Essex in each year from 1980 to 1997 and (b) the County of Essex and the unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock in each year from 1998 to 2003. [173324]

Mr. Miliband

The information is shown in the following tables. The first table shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) teaching assistants1 in maintained schools in Essex LEA in each January between 1992 and 1998. Information is only available from 1992 when teaching assistants data were first collected. The second table shows the number of FTE teaching assistants in Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock LEAs after local government re-organisation in April 1998, in each January between 1999 and 2003.

It is expected that information on the number of teaching assistants by LEA for 2004 will be available in the near future. A table will be placed in the House of Commons Library.

1 Includes teaching assistants, special needs support staff and support staff for minority ethnic pupils.

Essex Southend-on-Sea Thurrock Total
1992 620 — — —
1993 670 — — —
1994 900 — — —
1995 1,270 — — —
1996 1,430 — — —
1997 1,700 — — —
1998 1,830 — — —
1999 1,610 220 200 2,030
2000 1,740 280 290 2,310
2001 2,070 350 330 2,750
2002 3,110 460 430 4,000
2003 3,450 560 530 4,540
Source:
Annual School Census