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Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) male and (b) female teachers in the United Kingdom are employed in (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools. [47492]

Mr. Timms: The provisional numbers of teachers in regular full or part time service in the maintained schools sector in England at 31 March 2000 (the most recent date available) were as follows:

Nursery/primarySecondary
Male28,30086,100
Female168,200117,300
Total196,500203,300

Some 10 to 20 per cent. of part-timers are not recorded on the Teachers' Pension Scheme, from which the data are obtained.

Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many supply teachers were employed in each year since 1997, and what proportion had qualified teacher status, broken down by local education authority. [47485]

Mr. Timms: Information on the qualifications held by supply teachers is not collected centrally. The numbers of occasional teachers with contracts of less than one month, working for the whole day on the survey date, in the maintained schools sector, in January of each year, 1997 to 2001, by local education authority 1 , 2 were as follows:

19971998199920002001(51)
City of London(52)(52)(52)(52)(52)
Camden809010011070
Greenwich60706050100
Hackney508070110230
Hammersmith and Fulham80908090230
Islington9060140130120
Kensington and Chelsea9070605060
Lambeth7030309050
Lewisham11010011090100
Southwark110130130140120
Tower Hamlets701108090220
Wandsworth3070505050
City of Westminster5070705080
Barking and Dagenham601009060110
Barnet40609080100
Bexley7060100130110
Brent506070110100
Bromley604060100110
Croydon110100100110190
Ealing30605070100
Enfield609070100140
Haringey120120130100100
Harrow404040120120
Havering60708010090
Hillingdon3030407090
Hounslow9060908050
Kingston upon Thames2040403060
Merton6070608060
Newham170160130200230
Redbridge3040403060
Richmond upon Thames60206070110
Sutton6040407040
Waltham Forest3050505040
Birmingham300460200220300
Coventry1208070100110
Dudley7013080120120
Sandwell6070606090
Solihull5080405080
Walsall11060608080
Wolverhampton70706070150
Knowsley60608010040
Liverpool230130150190130
St. Helens6060807060
Sefton10090110140150
Wirral12090120130170
Bolton110100110120140
Bury80506070100
Manchester100140140120240
Oldham4040604030
Rochdale11090100110130
Salford701109080100
Stockport1201306060120
Tameside4030408080
Trafford70604010100
Wigan110180190170170
Barnsley120100110140140
Doncaster100707080100
Rotherham100100110140140
Sheffield150150190190210
Bradford180120200260310
Calderdale70507011080
Kirklees140110150140130
Leeds150160170170240
Wakefield10090120140140
Gateshead506060100130
Newcastle upon Tyne60708070120
North Tyneside70608090100
South Tyneside5030606080
Sunderland60110808080
Isles of Scilly(52)(52)(52)(52)(52)
Bath and North East Somerset6030607060
City of Bristol220160130230150
North Somerset30801209070
South Gloucestershire130708090130
Hartlepool4030505030
Middlesbrough6040504060
Redcar and Cleveland3050506040
Stockton on Tees907090100130
City of Kingston Upon Hull1009080130180
East Riding of Yorkshire8090130110140
North East Lincolnshire8070606080
North Lincolnshire11090605070
North Yorkshire170130170190270
York1108070140100
Former Bedfordshire290(53)(53)(53)(53)
Bedfordshire(53)21080130130
Luton(53)806050420
Total former Bedfordshire area290290140190550
Former Buckinghamshire40(53)(53)(53)(53)
Buckinghamshire(53)403040120
Milton Keynes(53)40608080
Total former Buckinghamshire area408090110200
Former Derbyshire270(53)(53)(53)(53)
Derbyshire(53)190170240260
Derby(53)504070(52)
Total former Derbyshire area270240210310260
Former Dorset70(53)(53)(53)(53)
Dorset(53)(52)90100100
Poole(53)30303030
Bournemouth(53)40604080
Total former Dorset area7080180170200
Former Durham230(53)(53)(53)(53)
Durham(53)220200280270
Darlington(53)10(52)4050
Total former Durham area230230200320330
Former East Sussex100(53)(53)(53)(53)
East Sussex(53)100150120150
Brighton and Hove(53)40405060
Total former East Sussex area100140190170210
Former Hampshire420(53)(53)(53)(53)
Hampshire(53)290310420520
Portsmouth(53)40706070
Southampton(53)506080100
Total former Hampshire area420380440570690
Former Leicestershire270(53)(53)(53)(53)
Leicestershire(53)80120150180
Leicester(53)7070130150
Rutland(53)1010(52)30
Total former Leicestershire area270160190280360
Former Staffordshire340(53)(53)(53)(53)
Staffordshire(53)250210290320
Stoke on Trent(53)70100150130
Total former Staffordshire area340330310430440
Former Wiltshire120(53)(53)(53)(53)
Wiltshire(53)7070130120
Swindon(53)40506050
Total former Wiltshire area120110120190170
Former Berkshire120130(53)(53)(53)
Bracknell Forest(53)(53)305040
Windsor and Maidenhead(53)(53)202020
West Berkshire(53)(53)403030
Reading(53)(53)202060
Slough(53)(53)505060
Wokingham(53)(53)50(52)40
Total former Berkshire area120130200170230
Former Cambridgeshire150120(53)(53)(53)
Cambridgeshire(53)(53)1206090
Peterborough(53)(53)(52)2090
Total former Cambridgeshire area15012012080180
Former Cheshire210150(53)(53)(53)
Cheshire(53)(53)150180170
Halton(53)(53)302060
Warrington(53)(53)1004060
Total former Cheshire area210150270240290
Former Devon210250(53)(53)(53)
Devon(53)(53)170270270
Plymouth(53)(53)70110170
Torbay(53)(53)404060
Total former Devon area210250280410490
Former Essex290240(53)(53)(53)
Essex(53)(53)180330480
Southend on Sea(53)(53)304060
Thurrock(53)(53)204060
Total former Essex area290240230410590
Former Hereford and Worcestershire110140(53)(53)(53)
Herefordshire(53)(53)502060
Worcestershire(53)(53)150180160
Total former Hereford and Worcester area110140200200210
Former Kent260130(53)(53)(53)
Kent(53)(53)330430470
Medway(53)(53)2060130
Total former Kent area260130350490600
Former Lancashire560510(53)(53)(53)
Lancashire(53)(53)270370340
Blackburn with Darwen(53)(53)907080
Blackpool(53)(53)5060100
Total former Lancashire area560510400510520
Former Nottinghamshire310450(53)(53)(53)
Nottinghamshire(53)(53)400360280
Nottingham(53)(53)80130130
Total former Nottinghamshire area310450470480400
Former Shropshire110130(53)(53)(53)
Shropshire(53)(53)120110100
Telford and Wrekin(53)(53)708090
Total former Shropshire area110130190180190
Cornwall100130290260250
Cumbria130130140170180
Gloucestershire7080100150130
Hertfordshire12090130170120
Isle of Wight6040404060
Lincolnshire140140160230230
Norfolk210160140260220
Northamptonshire190240130160190
Northumberland170140150130190
Oxfordshire140110170120130
Somerset150140160220330
Suffolk220230210270240
Surrey130130130180260
Warwickshire110110130140130
West Sussex170100130150210
England13,61013,15014,12016,66019,590

(49) Local education authorities created by local government re-organisation in 1997 and 1998 are shown under their parent authority. Data have been aggregated to give totals for the former authority areas, in order to allow comparisons between years.

(50) All figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not appear to equal the sum of their component parts, due to rounding.

(51) 2001 figures include 820 teachers without qualified teacher status from outside the European Economic Area, collected for the first time in the January 2001 survey.

(52) Less than 5.

(53) Not applicable.


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