Teachers: Plymouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants were employed in schools in Plymouth, Sutton (i) in 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which information is available. (276683)

The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of teachers and teaching assistants employed in local authority maintained nursery, primary, secondary, special and pupil referral units in Plymouth, Sutton constituency in January 1997 and 2008.

*Full-time equivalent teachers*¹ *and teaching assistants*² *in local authority maintained nursery, primary, secondary, special and pupil referral units*
Years: January 1997 and 2008, coverage: Sutton, Plymouth constituency
	1997	2008
Teachers	550	650
Teaching assistants	50	240
¹ Includes qualified and unqualified teachers. ² ‘Teaching assistants’ include teaching assistants, higher level teaching assistants (2008), special needs support staff and minority ethnic pupil support staff. Notes: 1. Excludes academies and city technology colleges. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census

Volume 493: debated on Tuesday 2 June 2009