Teacher Numbers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers were employed and how many of them were employed in grant-maintained schools in each local education authority in England in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what were the figures in the previous five years. [37664]

The information requested is shown in the table.

Full-time equivalent teachers employed by local education authorities and grant-maintained schools in the nursery, primary and secondary sector 1991–95
Position in January each year
	1991		1992		1993		1994		1995
Local education authority area	All schools	GM only	All schools	GM only	All schools	GM only	All schools	GM only	All schools	GM only
Birmingham	9,125	165	9,343	311	9,548	335	9,452	922	9,366	1,087
Coventry	2,745	—	2,795	—	2,752	—	2,747	—	2,657	—
Dudley	2,727	43	2,781	43	2,670	45	2,534	303	2,576	318
Sandwell	2,949	—	2,921	50	2,959	53	2,828	48	2,689	109
Solihull	1,860	—	1,795	—	1,857	27	1,836	26	1,845	25
Walsall	2,744	—	2,619	—	2,575	154	2,668	390	2,560	465
Wolverhampton	2,582	40	2,636	122	2,467	120	2,447	164	2,377	166
Knowsley	1,481	—	1,398	—	1,351	—	1,354	44	1,446	46
Liverpool	4,470	65	4,221	69	4,185	69	4,191	147	4,194	204
St. Helens	1,713	—	1,656	—	1,679	—	1,637	—	1,635	—
Sefton	2,433	—	2,479	—	2,515	—	2,484	—	2,546	—
Wirral	3,099	—	2,924	—	2,963	—	2,885	129	2,927	132
Bolton	2,550	47	2,496	50	2,517	71	2,445	202	2,467	202
Bury	1,484	—	1,461	—	1,467	—	1,395	10	1,420	10
Manchester	4,254	—	3,974	—	4,044	—	3,631	—	3,587	—
Oldham	2,196	—	2,253	—	2,256	—	2,215	—	2,202	—
Rochdale	1,934	—	1,987	—	1,851	10	1,789	101	1,819	189
Salford	2,147	—	2,052	—	2,000	—	1,802	27	1,821	30
Stockport	2,340	—	2,332	—	2,362	—	2,170	—	2,185	—
Tameside	2,042	47	2,085	49	2,036	49	1,791	137	1,842	139
Trafford	1,763	—	1,611	—	1,616	—	1,621	192	1,694	205
Wigan	2,972	—	3,015	—	3,096	—	2,728	—	2,754	—
Barnsley	1,760	—	1,714	—	1,696	—	1,721	—	1,704	—
Doncaster	2,753	—	2,691	—	2,760	—	2,732	—	2,703	—
Rotherham	2,522	—	2,464	—	2,335	—	2,403	—	2,440	—
Sheffield	4,043	—	3,937	—	3,866	4	3,797	136	3,719	182
Bradford	5,012	—	5,093	66	5,004	66	5,103	342	4,779	400
Calderdale	1,791	—	1,806	89	1,827	96	1,814	298	1,769	530
Kirklees	3,701	62	3,590	70	3,632	71	3,443	77	3,373	79
Leeds	6,320	—	6,300	—	6,010	—	5,839	75	5,759	71
Wakefield	2,909	—	2,748	—	2,741	—	2,630	—	2,704	—
Gateshead	1,750	—	1,731	—	1,707	—	1,759	—	1,715	—
Newcastle upon Tyne	2,346	—	2,285	—	2,212	—	2,112	—	2,104	—
North Tyneside	1,826	—	1,768	—	1,765	—	1,649	—	1,639	11
South Tyneside	1,410	—	1,385	—	1,325	—	1,342	—	1,340	—
Sunderland	2,681	—	2,692	—	2,651	—	2,744	—	2,728	—
Isles of Scilly	29	—	27	—	28	—	27	—	26	—
Avon	7,401	51	7,996	96	7,612	99	7,504	107	7,677	118
Bedfordshire	4,909	44	4,959	51	4,983	194	4,808	586	5,008	629
Berkshire	5,892	41	5,892	360	6,080	540	6,149	614	6,171	729
Buckinghamshire	5,136	150	4,973	217	5,215	299	5,236	689	5,310	770
Cambridge	5,377	—	5,419	10	5,667	367	5,501	1,005	5,573	1,029
Cheshire	7,956	30	7,968	34	8,072	42	7,922	177	8,013	185
Cleveland	5,536	—	5,546	—	5,560	—	5,243	—	5,189	—
Cornwall	3,751	—	3,697	—	3,647	—	3,561	—	3,675	—
Cumbria	4,191		4,154	102	4,211	341	4,078	612	4,016	849
Derbyshire	8,490	127	7,910	139	8,098	285	7,861	1,069	7,555	1,185
Devon	7,133	31	7,076	33	7,229	90	7,358	304	7,437	319
Dorset	4,476	56	4,512	168	4,389	374	4,330	587	4,393	651
Durham	4,845	—	5,007	—	5,239	—	5,105	—	5,117	—
East Sussex	4,524	—	4,673	—	4,908	—	4,779	—	4,899	—
Essex	12,274	—	12,251	205	12,033	1,665	11,616	4,407	11,771	5,165
Gloucestershire	4,349	187	4,042	186	4,090	828	4,195	1,234	4,258	1,616
Hampshire	11,415	44	11,593	190	12,037	394	11,394	1,147	11,871	1,348
Hereford and Worcester	5,413	—	5,451	—	5,441	—	5,256	202	5,329	207
Hertfordshire	8,248	165	8,155	305	8,280	411	8,510	1,256	8,725	1,719
Humberside	7,722	—	7,680	4	7,740	5	7,229	13	7,394	19
Isle of Wight	1,008	—	1,021	—	997	—	1,013	—	999	—
Kent	11,674	30	11,724	828	11,980	1,709	12,224	3,110	12,552	3,724
Lancashire	11,761	106	11,733	225	11,922	281	12,051	455	12,088	485
Leicestershire	7,764	21	7,830	24	7,570	25	7,832	193	7,810	194
Lincolnshire	4,869	185	4,748	479	4,808	935	4,876	1,344	4,877	1,507
Norfolk	5,564	65	5,687	102	5,791	474	5,808	706	5,898	763
North Yorkshire	5,656	—	5,803	—	5,954	—	5,844		5,774	2
Northamptonshire	5,337	39	5,458	222	5,466	602	5,376	767	5,624	796
Northumberland	2,736	—	2,791	—	2,677	—	2,644	42	2,672	45
Nottinghamshire	8,383	—	8,530	—	8,508	20	8,376	120	8,354	121
Oxfordshire	4,042	—	4,150	—	4,206	—	4,363	5	4,426	5

Full-time equivalent teachers employed by local education authorities and grant-maintained schools in the nursery, primary and secondary sector 1991–95
Position in January each year
	1991		1992		1993		1994		1995
Local education authority area	All schools	GM only	All schools	GM only	All schools	GM only	All schools	GM only	All schools	GM only
Shropshire	3,634	30	3,712	31	3,563	31	3,352	243	3,384	330
Somerset	3,585	—	3,558	34	3,595	46	3,653	49	3,665	76
Staffordshire	8,862	—	8,798	—	8,357	—	8,263	267	8,245	279
Suffolk	4,949	—	5,277	—	5,276	—	5,391	—	5,466	—
Surrey	6,625	47	6,511	276	6,677	590	6,206	816	6,529	1,218
Warwickshire	3,984	—	3,904	88	3,961	206	4,017	311	4,027	327
West Sussex	4,855	—	5,210	—	5,319	—	5,208	—	5,230	17
Wiltshire	4,513	—	4,559	34	4,596	112	4,604	759	4,698	1,053
England	394,945	2,430	394,874	7,121	396,332	15,353	390,430	33,794	392,910	39,941

1. Figures for 1994 onwards exclude sixth from colleges which transferred to the new FE sector on 1 April 1993.

Volume 264: debated on Tuesday 24 October 1995