Teachers: Primary Education

Mr. Hepburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many primary school teachers have been employed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) nationwide in each year since 1997. (249466)

The following table provides the number of full-time equivalent teachers employed in local authority maintained nursery/primary schools in Jarrow constituency, South Tyneside local authority, North East Government Office Region and England, January 1997 to 2008.

Full-time equivalent qualified and unqualified teachers in local authority maintained nursery/primary schools—coverage: Jarrow constituency, South Tyneside local authority, North East Government Office Region and England
Years: January 1997 to 2008
	Jarrow constituency¹	South Tyneside²	North East²	England²
1997	360	700	10,400	191,660
1998	350	690	10,280	190,070
1999	350	690	10,310	191,120
2000	350	640	10,190	193,100
2001	360	680	10,350	194,960
2002	340	660	10,440	197,370
2003	330	630	10,210	197,430
2004	320	630	10,170	196,640
2005	310	610	10,050	196,270
2006	310	590	10,070	198,190
2007	300	580	10,020	197,100
2008	300	570	9,920	198,090
¹. Source: School Census ² Source: Annual Survey of Teachers in Service and Teacher Vacancies, 618g Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Volume 486: debated on Wednesday 21 January 2009