To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teachers were employed in state schools in Wolverhampton in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest date for which figures are available. (322259)

The information requested is published in table 19 of the Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘School Workforce in England (including Local Authority level figures) January 2009 (Revised)’, published on 29 September 2009. The SFR is available at the following web link:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000874/Tables19to27v2.xls