Classroom Assistants: Enfield Joan Ryan To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teaching assistants were employed in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Enfield North in each of the last 10 years. Jim Knight The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent teaching assistants employed in local authority maintained primary and secondary schools in Enfield North constituency, in each January from 1998 to 2007. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Teaching assistants1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Primary |Secondary| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1998 |70 |10| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1999 |80 |10| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2000 |130 |20| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2001 |170 |20| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2002 |220 |30| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2003 |230 |40| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2004 |260 |40| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2005 |280 |50| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2006 |300 |60| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2007 |330 |80| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 Includes teaching assistants, special needs support staff and minority ethnic pupil support staff.Note:Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.Source:School Census| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------