(2) what proportion of teachers were on (a) long-term and (b) short-term sick leave in each local authority area in the most recent reporting period for which information is available; and if he will make a statement;
(3) what proportion of (a) teacher and (b) head teacher posts were vacant in (i) the latest reporting period and (ii) each year from 1997 to 2007;
(4) what proportion of secondary school teachers have trained to teach in their degree subject;
(5) what his estimate is of the total staff employed by each local education authority in each year from 1997-98;
(6) what his estimate is of the ratio of teachers to teaching assistants in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each year since 1990.
The information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Information on School Workforce has been published in SFR 15/2007 “School Workforce in England (including pupil:teacher ratios and pupil:adult ratios), January 2007 (Provisional)” which was released on 26 April 2007. This is available on the Department’s website via the following link: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000725/index.shtml and is also available in the Library. This is an annual publication, which includes tables for January 1997 to 2007 on teacher numbers, support staff numbers, teacher vacancies, pupil:teacher ratios (PTRs) and pupil:adult ratios (PARs), teacher ethnicity and teacher sickness absence.