8 Nov 2006 : Column 1760Wcontinued
Table 1: Full-time equivalent teaching assistants in the local authority( 1) maintained sector in England: January of each year |
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
Gateshead
|
190
|
200
|
210
|
220
|
300
|
320
|
370
|
350
|
450
|
480
|
Newcastle upon Type
|
270
|
300
|
310
|
330
|
410
|
330
|
480
|
580
|
700
|
620
|
North Tyneside
|
200
|
220
|
220
|
240
|
270
|
180
|
300
|
250
|
290
|
430
|
South Tyneside
|
160
|
160
|
160
|
180
|
250
|
350
|
280
|
420
|
440
|
470
|
Sunderland
|
420
|
400
|
440
|
460
|
610
|
510
|
690
|
750
|
810
|
850
|
Hartlepool
|
100
|
110
|
120
|
140
|
210
|
140
|
260
|
250
|
310
|
310
|
Middlesbrough
|
210
|
200
|
180
|
210
|
280
|
360
|
440
|
520
|
530
|
520
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
150
|
170
|
160
|
170
|
180
|
120
|
200
|
250
|
240
|
380
|
Stockton on Tees
|
210
|
220
|
230
|
280
|
340
|
210
|
280
|
290
|
380
|
430
|
Former Durham
|
640
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Darlington
|
|
120
|
130
|
140
|
170
|
200
|
210
|
190
|
270
|
300
|
Durham (post 1 April 1997)
|
|
550
|
580
|
620
|
690
|
650
|
820
|
990
|
1,090
|
1,100
|
Northumberland
|
320
|
340
|
380
|
450
|
560
|
650
|
720
|
800
|
910
|
1,040
|
North East
|
2,867
|
2,990
|
3.130
|
3,450
|
4,280
|
4,010
|
5.060
|
5,630
|
6,430
|
6,930
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
Cumbria
|
610
|
820
|
660
|
730
|
640
|
1,100
|
1,110
|
1,150
|
1,200
|
1,310
|
Former Cheshire
|
1,130
|
1,240
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cheshire (post 1 April 1998)
|
|
|
830
|
870
|
1,020
|
1,120
|
1,230
|
1,350
|
1,530
|
1,740
|
Halton
|
|
|
190
|
200
|
240
|
250
|
270
|
320
|
320
|
330
|
Warrington
|
|
|
250
|
270
|
320
|
370
|
380
|
440
|
510
|
630
|
Bolton
|
390
|
430
|
480
|
570
|
650
|
790
|
830
|
950
|
1,050
|
1,070
|
Bury
|
270
|
260
|
280
|
330
|
360
|
460
|
480
|
540
|
590
|
640
|
Manchester
|
740
|
750
|
750
|
810
|
1,080
|
1,430
|
1,610
|
1,750
|
1,880
|
1,920
|
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8 Nov 2006 : Column 1762W
Oldham
|
390
|
410
|
430
|
470
|
560
|
580
|
630
|
690
|
780
|
830
|
Rochdale
|
260
|
270
|
290
|
340
|
530
|
680
|
710
|
760
|
640
|
860
|
Salford
|
430
|
440
|
450
|
480
|
530
|
700
|
570
|
660
|
790
|
780
|
Stockport
|
340
|
360
|
310
|
410
|
510
|
670
|
700
|
750
|
810
|
780
|
Tameside
|
280
|
290
|
310
|
360
|
490
|
360
|
420
|
460
|
520
|
660
|
Trafford
|
190
|
200
|
220
|
230
|
300
|
230
|
300
|
380
|
420
|
440
|
Wigan
|
340
|
390
|
420
|
430
|
560
|
440
|
740
|
800
|
880
|
980
|
Former Lancashire
|
1,780
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lancashire (post 1 April 1998)
|
|
|
1,670
|
1,630
|
2,190
|
1,960
|
3,130
|
3,300
|
3,570
|
3,890
|
Blackburn with Darwen
|
|
|
300
|
350
|
430
|
360
|
530
|
580
|
610
|
650
|
Blackpool
|
|
|
190
|
220
|
290
|
190
|
390
|
430
|
480
|
480
|
Knowsley
|
210
|
230
|
260
|
280
|
350
|
470
|
430
|
490
|
480
|
460
|
Liverpool
|
450
|
490
|
520
|
610
|
920
|
720
|
1,150
|
1,150
|
1,190
|
1,130
|
St. Helens
|
260
|
270
|
290
|
310
|
390
|
420
|
480
|
530
|
640
|
610
|
Sefton
|
360
|
380
|
410
|
470
|
580
|
490
|
650
|
680
|
750
|
780
|
Wirral
|
320
|
350
|
390
|
420
|
570
|
620
|
780
|
790
|
850
|
1,020
|
North West
|
8,750
|
9,370
|
9,920
|
10,990
|
13,700
|
14,400
|
17,500
|
18,950
|
20,700
|
22,020
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
Kingston-Upon-Hull. City of
|
370
|
400
|
440
|
460
|
540
|
510
|
540
|
640
|
880
|
920
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
340
|
370
|
410
|
470
|
550
|
500
|
650
|
800
|
880
|
950
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
220
|
240
|
260
|
310
|
460
|
520
|
570
|
650
|
630
|
690
|
North Lincolnshire
|
180
|
200
|
240
|
270
|
330
|
430
|
450
|
510
|
550
|
600
|
North Yorkshire (post 1 April 1996)
|
440
|
540
|
560
|
630
|
800
|
1,150
|
1,190
|
1,410
|
1,540
|
1,710
|
York
|
140
|
160
|
170
|
220
|
250
|
350
|
370
|
400
|
440
|
500
|
Barnsley
|
360
|
360
|
360
|
350
|
400
|
610
|
670
|
680
|
680
|
680
|
Doncaster
|
520
|
460
|
470
|
620
|
640
|
780
|
810
|
860
|
970
|
840
|
Rotherham
|
280
|
310
|
330
|
410
|
540
|
580
|
770
|
880
|
970
|
900
|
Sheffield
|
580
|
640
|
710
|
800
|
1,080
|
790
|
1,200
|
1,230
|
1,360
|
1,590
|
Bradford
|
1,240
|
1,200
|
1,230
|
1,370
|
1,590
|
1,600
|
1,870
|
1,880
|
1,980
|
2,000
|
Calderdale
|
370
|
400
|
420
|
520
|
630
|
720
|
770
|
820
|
680
|
860
|
Kirklees
|
580
|
620
|
670
|
970
|
1,120
|
1,180
|
1,140
|
1.270
|
1,390
|
1,490
|
Leeds
|
1,560
|
1,670
|
1,670
|
1,780
|
1,950
|
2,380
|
2,470
|
2,460
|
2,550
|
2,500
|
Wakefield
|
540
|
580
|
570
|
650
|
780
|
950
|
960
|
940
|
970
|
1,090
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
7,700
|
8,160
|
8,500
|
9,830
|
11,660
|
13,030
|
14,430
|
15,420
|
16,680
|
17,330
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
Former Derbyshire
|
1,180
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derbyshire (post 1 April 1997)
|
|
930
|
990
|
1,160
|
1,460
|
1,660
|
1,720
|
1,820
|
1,980
|
2,190
|
Derby
|
|
360
|
380
|
430
|
510
|
590
|
670
|
760
|
830
|
930
|
Former Leicestershire
|
940
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leicestershire (post 1 April 1997)
|
|
580
|
640
|
760
|
920
|
970
|
1,190
|
1,150
|
1,630
|
1,730
|
Leicester
|
|
470
|
520
|
540
|
620
|
730
|
900
|
930
|
1,120
|
1,090
|
Rutland
|
|
50
|
50
|
70
|
70
|
80
|
100
|
100
|
120
|
120
|
Lincolnshire
|
810
|
820
|
890
|
990
|
1,250
|
1,550
|
1,610
|
1,980
|
2,190
|
2,370
|
Northamptonshire
|
810
|
880
|
990
|
1,090
|
1,330
|
1,310
|
1,330
|
1,360
|
1,680
|
1,940
|
Former Nottinghamshire
|
1,310
|
1,20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nottinghamshire (post 1 April 1998)
|
|
|
1,000
|
1,090
|
1,350
|
1,600
|
1,860
|
1,770
|
1,990
|
2,060
|
Nottingham
|
|
|
540
|
570
|
720
|
770
|
900
|
950
|
1,010
|
1,060
|
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8 Nov 2006 : Column 1764W
East Midlands
|
5,050
|
5,500
|
6,010
|
6,690
|
8,220
|
9,270
|
10,090
|
10,830
|
12,560
|
13,490
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
Former Hereford and Worcester
|
630
|
800
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Herefordshire
|
|
|
190
|
210
|
250
|
190
|
330
|
370
|
410
|
420
|
Worcestershire
|
|
|
680
|
760
|
820
|
930
|
1,290
|
1,450
|
1,580
|
1,580
|
Former Shropshire
|
510
|
540
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shropshire (post 1 April 1996)
|
|
|
350
|
390
|
460
|
560
|
640
|
690
|
780
|
750
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
|
|
260
|
280
|
370
|
390
|
480
|
530
|
580
|
640
|
Former Staffordshire
|
1.270
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Staffordshire (post 1 April 1997)
|
|
960
|
1,060
|
1,160
|
1,370
|
1,310
|
1,750
|
1,820
|
2,070
|
2,080
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
|
460
|
460
|
490
|
540
|
460
|
620
|
750
|
820
|
830
|
Warwickshire
|
530
|
630
|
700
|
980
|
1,040
|
1,240
|
1,250
|
1,470
|
1,590
|
1,630
|
Birmingham
|
2,030
|
2,080
|
1,630
|
1,740
|
2,170
|
2,970
|
3,130
|
3,320
|
3,930
|
4,390
|
Coventry
|
390
|
440
|
440
|
670
|
820
|
690
|
640
|
740
|
770
|
770
|
Dudley
|
350
|
410
|
420
|
530
|
680
|
830
|
880
|
960
|
1,060
|
1,200
|
Sandwell
|
460
|
460
|
490
|
520
|
650
|
500
|
600
|
650
|
850
|
970
|
Solihull
|
280
|
300
|
300
|
320
|
370
|
410
|
470
|
520
|
610
|
630
|
Walsall
|
380
|
390
|
380
|
440
|
580
|
700
|
810
|
840
|
950
|
820
|
Wolverhampton
|
390
|
400
|
420
|
470
|
570
|
230
|
360
|
480
|
580
|
720
|
West Midlands
|
7,220
|
7,870
|
7,770
|
8,970
|
10,670
|
11,420
|
13,260
|
14,600
|
16,590
|
17,430
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
Former Cambridgeshire
|
1,240
|
1,370
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cambridgeshire (post 1 April 1998)
|
|
|
1,000
|
1,090
|
1,230
|
1,420
|
1,480
|
1,830
|
2,020
|
1,880
|
Peterborough
|
|
|
380
|
500
|
540
|
680
|
720
|
780
|
910
|
1,050
|
Norfolk
|
730
|
850
|
930
|
1,050
|
1,490
|
1,710
|
1,740
|
1,870
|
2,310
|
2,570
|
Suffolk
|
500
|
610
|
660
|
770
|
1,100
|
920
|
1,430
|
1,350
|
1,460
|
1,540
|
Former Bedfordshire
|
790
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bedfordshire (post 1 April 1997)
|
|
580
|
650
|
710
|
820
|
950
|
1,070
|
1,140
|
1,240
|
1,340
|
Luton
|
|
290
|
360
|
430
|
530
|
560
|
620
|
720
|
760
|
820
|
Former Essex
|
1,720
|
1,840
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Essex (post 1 April 19 96)
|
|
|
1,620
|
1,760
|
2,100
|
3,140
|
3,500
|
3,660
|
3,810
|
3,920
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
|
|
220
|
280
|
350
|
460
|
560
|
600
|
640
|
650
|
Thurrock
|
|
|
210
|
290
|
340
|
430
|
540
|
550
|
570
|
630
|
Hertfordshire
|
1,080
|
1,270
|
1,250
|
1,510
|
1,800
|
1,740
|
2,710
|
2,870
|
3,110
|
2,910
|
East of England
|
6,060
|
6,800
|
7,280
|
8,380
|
10,300
|
12,000
|
14,370
|
15,360
|
16,850
|
17,290
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
City of London
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
Camden
|
200
|
240
|
250
|
300
|
360
|
440
|
470
|
550
|
580
|
640
|
Greenwich
|
360
|
400
|
430
|
510
|
650
|
650
|
730
|
750
|
820
|
920
|
Hackney
|
210
|
250
|
290
|
380
|
420
|
490
|
530
|
810
|
680
|
720
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
190
|
200
|
210
|
250
|
240
|
260
|
300
|
360
|
380
|
430
|
Islington
|
250
|
250
|
270
|
350
|
360
|
350
|
480
|
520
|
560
|
620
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
130
|
140
|
140
|
170
|
210
|
220
|
260
|
270
|
300
|
280
|
Lambeth
|
300
|
350
|
390
|
500
|
560
|
580
|
640
|
720
|
770
|
750
|
Lewisham
|
280
|
290
|
320
|
410
|
570
|
470
|
560
|
620
|
670
|
720
|
Southwark
|
350
|
420
|
430
|
650
|
810
|
750
|
710
|
900
|
1,030
|
1,070
|
Tower Hamlets
|
370
|
400
|
450
|
510
|
800
|
970
|
950
|
1,070
|
1,150
|
1,320
|
Wandsworth
|
330
|
370
|
370
|
460
|
470
|
380
|
530
|
590
|
730
|
800
|
8 Nov 2006 : Column 1765W
8 Nov 2006 : Column 1766W
Westminster
|
150
|
170
|
160
|
190
|
190
|
310
|
280
|
330
|
420
|
370
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
300
|
290
|
310
|
320
|
400
|
500
|
510
|
560
|
540
|
560
|
Barnet
|
290
|
340
|
400
|
480
|
550
|
740
|
720
|
850
|
980
|
1,070
|
Bexley
|
200
|
230
|
280
|
310
|
380
|
320
|
560
|
550
|
600
|
570
|
Brent
|
260
|
300
|
360
|
390
|
440
|
450
|
470
|
560
|
640
|
680
|
Bromley
|
210
|
230
|
230
|
270
|
360
|
440
|
500
|
520
|
550
|
620
|
Croydon
|
400
|
410
|
510
|
530
|
660
|
630
|
870
|
950
|
1,010
|
980
|
Ealing
|
340
|
360
|
370
|
400
|
510
|
450
|
530
|
630
|
690
|
670
|
Enfield
|
250
|
290
|
290
|
500
|
590
|
810
|
680
|
970
|
1,050
|
1,160
|
Haringey
|
350
|
360
|
380
|
420
|
490
|
650
|
680
|
810
|
900
|
960
|
Harrow
|
270
|
270
|
290
|
300
|
300
|
330
|
430
|
480
|
540
|
550
|
Havering
|
170
|
170
|
200
|
260
|
300
|
310
|
520
|
590
|
680
|
660
|
Hillingdon
|
300
|
340
|
380
|
420
|
510
|
520
|
590
|
620
|
740
|
800
|
Hounslow
|
280
|
280
|
290
|
330
|
380
|
400
|
400
|
550
|
580
|
680
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
130
|
130
|
150
|
170
|
220
|
220
|
250
|
310
|
360
|
380
|
Merton
|
190
|
200
|
220
|
240
|
290
|
250
|
300
|
370
|
530
|
460
|
Newham
|
280
|
280
|
390
|
500
|
960
|
720
|
1,070
|
1,190
|
1,300
|
980
|
Redbridge
|
190
|
230
|
270
|
370
|
450
|
580
|
620
|
730
|
820
|
910
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
100
|
110
|
110
|
130
|
160
|
210
|
220
|
250
|
330
|
350
|
Sutton
|
160
|
170
|
210
|
230
|
260
|
340
|
310
|
360
|
430
|
360
|
Waltham Forest
|
380
|
400
|
410
|
470
|
490
|
610
|
640
|
670
|
760
|
760
|
London
|
8,160
|
8,870
|
9,790
|
11,740
|
14,330
|
15,340
|
17,510
|
19,800
|
22,140
|
22,820
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
Former Berkshire
|
940
|
970
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bracknell Forest
|
|
|
140
|
130
|
170
|
110
|
190
|
190
|
210
|
220
|
Windsor and Maidenhead
|
|
|
150
|
160
|
220
|
210
|
220
|
280
|
300
|
330
|
West Berkshire
|
|
|
190
|
200
|
230
|
330
|
350
|
430
|
530
|
490
|
Reading
|
|
|
200
|
200
|
240
|
280
|
280
|
280
|
320
|
250
|
Slough
|
|
|
230
|
250
|
300
|
340
|
440
|
450
|
530
|
530
|
Wokingham
|
|
|
210
|
220
|
230
|
290
|
290
|
360
|
380
|
380
|
Former Buckinghamshire
|
650
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Buckinghamshire (post 1 April 1997)
|
|
460
|
470
|
490
|
570
|
750
|
710
|
840
|
950
|
1.100
|
Milton Keynes
|
|
260
|
270
|
280
|
300
|
310
|
450
|
530
|
530
|
680
|
Former East Sussex
|
700
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
East Sussex (post 1 April 1997)
|
|
490
|
560
|
650
|
720
|
1,000
|
1,070
|
1,350
|
1,380
|
1,330
|
Brighton and Hove
|
|
270
|
310
|
320
|
380
|
410
|
370
|
400
|
460
|
510
|
Former Hampshire
|
2.560
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hampshire (post 1 April 1997)
|
|
1,880
|
1,920
|
1,960
|
2,120
|
2,900
|
3,010
|
3,160
|
3,280
|
3,210
|
Portsmouth
|
|
330
|
400
|
410
|
480
|
600
|
600
|
630
|
830
|
660
|
Southampton
|
|
370
|
430
|
470
|
490
|
610
|
630
|
640
|
660
|
660
|
Isle of Wight
|
160
|
210
|
250
|
270
|
320
|
300
|
360
|
370
|
450
|
430
|
Former Kent
|
2,330
|
2,490
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kent (post 1 April 1998)
|
|
|
2,210
|
2,470
|
2,750
|
3,620
|
4,160
|
4,330
|
4,860
|
4,660
|
Medway
|
|
|
440
|
670
|
830
|
710
|
830
|
900
|
960
|
930
|
Oxfordshire
|
780
|
830
|
860
|
930
|
1,030
|
1,080
|
1,280
|
1,440
|
1,670
|
1,830
|
Surrey
|
1,170
|
1,290
|
1,360
|
1,500
|
1,570
|
1,960
|
2,350
|
2,390
|
2,610
|
2,720
|
West Sussex
|
530
|
650
|
670
|
710
|
780
|
1,090
|
1,310
|
1,330
|
1,480
|
1,660
|
South East
|
9,830
|
10,480
|
11,250
|
12,290
|
13,720
|
16,910
|
18,890
|
20,300
|
22,400
|
22,360
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
Isles of Scilly
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
10
|
10
|
|
|
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Bath and North East Somerset
|
170
|
170
|
160
|
160
|
180
|
70
|
100
|
80
|
170
|
270
|
City of Bristol
|
650
|
700
|
690
|
770
|
850
|
920
|
920
|
1,040
|
1,110
|
1,110
|
North Somerset
|
190
|
220
|
220
|
260
|
290
|
310
|
380
|
380
|
450
|
430
|
South Gloucestershire
|
270
|
280
|
300
|
350
|
430
|
480
|
560
|
550
|
590
|
640
|
Cornwall
|
790
|
870
|
960
|
960
|
990
|
1,000
|
1,170
|
1,190
|
1,860
|
1,630
|
Former Devon
|
810
|
960
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Devon (post 1 April 1998)
|
|
|
630
|
770
|
1,020
|
1,360
|
1,740
|
2,090
|
2,190
|
2,380
|
Plymouth
|
|
|
320
|
310
|
720
|
660
|
710
|
650
|
750
|
870
|
Torbay
|
|
|
140
|
170
|
180
|
200
|
220
|
290
|
280
|
300
|
Former Dorset
|
430
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dorset (post 1 April 1997)
|
|
330
|
390
|
580
|
660
|
780
|
890
|
1,180
|
1,300
|
1,350
|
Poole
|
|
110
|
150
|
180
|
220
|
400
|
390
|
430
|
420
|
460
|
Bournemouth
|
|
130
|
170
|
210
|
240
|
380
|
380
|
410
|
400
|
460
|
Gloucestershire
|
470
|
490
|
550
|
590
|
740
|
710
|
750
|
700
|
910
|
1,030
|
Somerset
|
610
|
660
|
680
|
710
|
830
|
920
|
990
|
980
|
1,100
|
1,380
|
Former Wiltshire
|
530
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wiltshire (post 1 April 1997)
|
|
340
|
350
|
350
|
410
|
560
|
850
|
780
|
750
|
750
|
Swindon
|
|
240
|
230
|
260
|
310
|
220
|
220
|
410
|
370
|
380
|
South West
|
4,940
|
5,490
|
5,940
|
6,670
|
8,090
|
8,980
|
10,070
|
11,160
|
12,650
|
13,440
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
England
|
60,580
|
65,540
|
69,600
|
79,020
|
94,990
|
105,360
|
121,190
|
132,060
|
147,000
|
153,100
|
(1) The first, second and third phases of local government reorganisation came into effect on 1 April 1996, 1 April 1997 and 1 April 1998 respectively The new authorities are shown directly below their former parent local education authorities.
Note:
Totals may not appear equal to the sum of the component parts because of rounding.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census (ASC)
|