HC Deb 17 May 2004 vol 421 cc696-8W
Sarah Teather

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teaching staff have taken early retirement in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each London borough in each year since 1997; and what the average figures for a local education authority in England were in each year. [172805]

Mr. Miliband

The information requested has been placed in the Libraries.

Sarah Teather

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teaching staff have left the profession as a result of stress or similar conditions in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each London borough in each year since 1997; and what the average figures for a local education authority in England were in each year. [172806]

Mr. Miliband

This information is not collected centrally.

Sarah Teather

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teaching posts there were in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each London borough in each year since 1997; and what the average figures for a local education authority in England were in each year. [172807]

Mr. Miliband

The tables show the full-time equivalent number of regular teachers in local education authorities in London and the national average for all maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in England, in January of each year.

Nursery and primary
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Hounslow 900 870 880 860 900 890 840
Kingston upon Thames 460 460 460 470 500 510 520
Merton 670 640 660 650 700 710 660
Newham 1,010 1,000 1,060 1,160 1,260 1,290 1,330
Redbridge 850 870 900 940 1,020 1,010 1,030
Richmond upon Thames 520 530 530 520 560 530 580
Sutton 580 590 600 600 620 640 690
Waltham Forest 910 960 960 920 940 1,000 910
National average 1,240 1,230 1,240 1,250 1,300 1,320 1,320

Secondary
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Camden 780 790 770 650 780 850 680
Greenwich 880 860 870 880 900 970 1,020
Hackney 500 520 550 530 500 530 580
Hammersmith and Fulham 370 420 440 470 460 460 480
Islington 520 510 500 520 520 560 550
Kensington and Chelsea 260 250 260 250 260 260 280
Lambeth 500 510 500 520 490 530 520
Lewisham 750 740 740 750 820 850 810
Southwark 600 630 640 660 670 750 740
Tower Hamlets 930 920 940 920 910 940 1,060
Wandsworth 650 650 650 640 670 690 690
City of Westminster 530 550 560 570 600 640 660
Barking and Dagenham 680 660 680 690 690 730 780
Barnet 1,420 1,370 1,400 1,400 1,420 1,460 1,480
Bexley 910 930 950 940 960 1,090 1,070
Brent 940 970 950 960 950 980 1,150
Bromley 1,190 1,210 1,210 1,210 1,320 1,400 1,380
Croydon 1,030 1,070 1,050 1,210 1,140 1,170 1,200
Ealing 900 880 910 930 900 960 1,040
Enfield 1,260 1,310 1,350 1,300 1,310 1,250 1,430
Haringey 740 730 760 760 760 760 770
Harrow 570 550 570 540 560 570 590
Havering 920 930 940 910 990 1,050 1,070
Hillingdon 970 1,000 980 1,010 1,050 1,070 1,090
Hounslow 1,010 980 1,010 990 1,040 1,030 1,070
Kingston upon Thames 520 530 520 520 520 520 600
Merton 460 460 460 440 460 470 540
Newham 1,010 1,030 1,060 1,060 1,110 1,170 1,190
Redbridge 1,060 1,080 1,110 1,080 1,220 1,230 1,300
Richmond upon Thames 480 480 470 440 440 520 470
Sutton 730 760 780 810 850 880 970
Waltham Forest 840 860 880 920 840 880 890
National average 1,260 1,260 1,280 1,290 1,310 1,350 1,380
Source:
Annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies.

Mr. Benton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) free nursery and (b) pre-school places were available for (i) three and (ii) four-year-olds in Bootle in each of the last seven years. [172785]

Margaret Hodge

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 29 April 2004,Official Report, column 1257W.

Mr. Benton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many(a) Sure Start centres and (b) Early Excellence centres have been created in Bootle; [172786]

(2) how many new nurseries have been established in Bootle since 1997. [1727831]

Margaret Hodge

I refer the hon. Member to the replies given on 6 May 2004,Official Report, column 1775W and 6 May 2004, Official Report, column 1776W.