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. Jim Knight 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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 Census2 Source: Annual Survey of Teachers in Service and Teacher Vacancies, 618gNote:Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------