HC Deb 22 June 2004 vol 422 c1402W
Mr. Yeo

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding has been allocated for the(a) recruitment, (b) training and (c) employment of teacher recruitment managers not employed directly by schools in each year since 1997; and how many full-time equivalent recruitment managers there were in each year. [178208]

Mr. Miliband

The table shows the available information since the creation of the recruitment managers scheme in 1998. Those local education authorities (LEAs) that employ recruitment managers receive an average annual grant from the Teacher Training Agency towards recruitment and employment costs. Any training for recruitment managers is funded by LEAs from wi thin their own resources. Their effectiveness in this role has been recognised by Ofsted.

Recruitment

Managers

LEAS covered Average grant

per LEA (£)

2004–05 97 107 50,000
2003–04 97 107 50,000
2002–03 86 105 50,000
2001–02 82 97 55,000
2000–01 67 80 55,000
1999–2000 52 61 55,000
1998–99 17 17 55,000