§ Mrs. DeanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers there were in(a) Staffordshire and (b) the Burton constituency in each of the last seven years. [161844]
§ Mr. MilibandThe following table shows the full time equivalent number of regular teachers in service in the maintained sector in(a) the former Staffordshire local education authority area and (b) Burton constituency in each year between 1997 and 2003, the latest year for which information available.
Staffordshire Burton Constituency 1997 1,260 120 1998 1,420 135 1999 1,510 157 2000 1,650 180 2001 1,900 204 2002 1,780 221 2003 2,380 301 Source:
Form 618g survey of teacher numbers and vacancies for local education authority data and Annual Schools' Census for constituency data.
§ Mrs. DeanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teaching assistants there were in(a) Staffordshire and (b) the Burton constituency in each of the last seven years. [161843]
§ Mr. MilibandThe following table shows the full time equivalent number of teaching assistants in service in maintained schools in(a) the former Staffordshire local 633W education authority area and (b) Burton constituency in each year between 1997 and 2003, the latest year for which information is available.
Staffordshire Burton constituency 1997 8,510 894 1998 8,410 902 1999 8,590 920 2000 8,650 928 2001 8,720 936 2002 8,870 962 2003 9,140 968 Source:
Annual Schools Census.