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Mr. Blunkett
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many classroom assistants were employed in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools for each year since 1988. [39149]
Mr. Robin Squire
The available information is shown in the table.
Full-time equivalents of education support staff1 in maintained schools in England 1992–95 Position in January each year
| ||
Year
| Primary
| Secondary
|
| 1992 | 32,483 | 16,969 |
| 1993 | 36,441 | 17,770 |
| 1994 | 41,117 | 19,466 |
| 1995 (provisional) | 46,324 | 21,463 |
1 Nursery assistants, special needs support staff and other support staff including librarians, technicians, medical care staff and child care assistants. | ||