Teachers: Yorkshire and Humberside

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time equivalent (a) teachers and (b) non-teaching assistants there were in local education authority schools in (i) Yorkshire and Humber and (ii) City of York in (A) 1997 and (B) 2006. (152191)

The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of regular teachers, teaching assistants and other support staff in local authority maintained schools in Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region and the City of York local authority In January 1997 and 2006.

Full-time equivalent regular teachers, teaching assistants and other support staff in local authority maintained schools in Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region and the City of York local authority, January 1997 and 2006
	Regular teachers¹	Teaching assistants^2,³	Support staff^{2, 4} (excluding teaching assistants)
	1997	2006	1997	2006	1997	2006
Yorkshire and the Humber	41,900	44,900	7,700	17,330	7,160	14,400
City of York	1,290	1,370	140	500	180	280
¹ Source: DCSF annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies (618g). ² Source: DGSF School Census. ³ Teaching assistants include special needs support staff and minority ethnic support staff. ⁴ Support staff include administrative staff, technicians and other support staff. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Volume 463: debated on Monday 3 September 2007