8 Nov 2006 : Column 1760Wcontinued
| Table 1: Full-time equivalent teaching assistants in the local authority( 1) maintained sector in England: January of each year |
| | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|
Gateshead
|
190
|
200
|
210
|
220
|
300
|
320
|
370
|
350
|
450
|
480
|
|
Newcastle upon Type
|
270
|
300
|
310
|
330
|
410
|
330
|
480
|
580
|
700
|
620
|
|
North Tyneside
|
200
|
220
|
220
|
240
|
270
|
180
|
300
|
250
|
290
|
430
|
|
South Tyneside
|
160
|
160
|
160
|
180
|
250
|
350
|
280
|
420
|
440
|
470
|
|
Sunderland
|
420
|
400
|
440
|
460
|
610
|
510
|
690
|
750
|
810
|
850
|
|
Hartlepool
|
100
|
110
|
120
|
140
|
210
|
140
|
260
|
250
|
310
|
310
|
|
Middlesbrough
|
210
|
200
|
180
|
210
|
280
|
360
|
440
|
520
|
530
|
520
|
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
150
|
170
|
160
|
170
|
180
|
120
|
200
|
250
|
240
|
380
|
|
Stockton on Tees
|
210
|
220
|
230
|
280
|
340
|
210
|
280
|
290
|
380
|
430
|
|
Former Durham
|
640
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Darlington
|
|
120
|
130
|
140
|
170
|
200
|
210
|
190
|
270
|
300
|
|
Durham (post 1 April 1997)
|
|
550
|
580
|
620
|
690
|
650
|
820
|
990
|
1,090
|
1,100
|
|
Northumberland
|
320
|
340
|
380
|
450
|
560
|
650
|
720
|
800
|
910
|
1,040
|
|
North East
|
2,867
|
2,990
|
3.130
|
3,450
|
4,280
|
4,010
|
5.060
|
5,630
|
6,430
|
6,930
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Cumbria
|
610
|
820
|
660
|
730
|
640
|
1,100
|
1,110
|
1,150
|
1,200
|
1,310
|
|
Former Cheshire
|
1,130
|
1,240
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cheshire (post 1 April 1998)
|
|
|
830
|
870
|
1,020
|
1,120
|
1,230
|
1,350
|
1,530
|
1,740
|
|
Halton
|
|
|
190
|
200
|
240
|
250
|
270
|
320
|
320
|
330
|
|
Warrington
|
|
|
250
|
270
|
320
|
370
|
380
|
440
|
510
|
630
|
|
Bolton
|
390
|
430
|
480
|
570
|
650
|
790
|
830
|
950
|
1,050
|
1,070
|
|
Bury
|
270
|
260
|
280
|
330
|
360
|
460
|
480
|
540
|
590
|
640
|
|
Manchester
|
740
|
750
|
750
|
810
|
1,080
|
1,430
|
1,610
|
1,750
|
1,880
|
1,920
|
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8 Nov 2006 : Column 1762W
|
Oldham
|
390
|
410
|
430
|
470
|
560
|
580
|
630
|
690
|
780
|
830
|
|
Rochdale
|
260
|
270
|
290
|
340
|
530
|
680
|
710
|
760
|
640
|
860
|
|
Salford
|
430
|
440
|
450
|
480
|
530
|
700
|
570
|
660
|
790
|
780
|
|
Stockport
|
340
|
360
|
310
|
410
|
510
|
670
|
700
|
750
|
810
|
780
|
|
Tameside
|
280
|
290
|
310
|
360
|
490
|
360
|
420
|
460
|
520
|
660
|
|
Trafford
|
190
|
200
|
220
|
230
|
300
|
230
|
300
|
380
|
420
|
440
|
|
Wigan
|
340
|
390
|
420
|
430
|
560
|
440
|
740
|
800
|
880
|
980
|
|
Former Lancashire
|
1,780
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lancashire (post 1 April 1998)
|
|
|
1,670
|
1,630
|
2,190
|
1,960
|
3,130
|
3,300
|
3,570
|
3,890
|
|
Blackburn with Darwen
|
|
|
300
|
350
|
430
|
360
|
530
|
580
|
610
|
650
|
|
Blackpool
|
|
|
190
|
220
|
290
|
190
|
390
|
430
|
480
|
480
|
|
Knowsley
|
210
|
230
|
260
|
280
|
350
|
470
|
430
|
490
|
480
|
460
|
|
Liverpool
|
450
|
490
|
520
|
610
|
920
|
720
|
1,150
|
1,150
|
1,190
|
1,130
|
|
St. Helens
|
260
|
270
|
290
|
310
|
390
|
420
|
480
|
530
|
640
|
610
|
|
Sefton
|
360
|
380
|
410
|
470
|
580
|
490
|
650
|
680
|
750
|
780
|
|
Wirral
|
320
|
350
|
390
|
420
|
570
|
620
|
780
|
790
|
850
|
1,020
|
|
North West
|
8,750
|
9,370
|
9,920
|
10,990
|
13,700
|
14,400
|
17,500
|
18,950
|
20,700
|
22,020
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Kingston-Upon-Hull. City of
|
370
|
400
|
440
|
460
|
540
|
510
|
540
|
640
|
880
|
920
|
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
340
|
370
|
410
|
470
|
550
|
500
|
650
|
800
|
880
|
950
|
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
220
|
240
|
260
|
310
|
460
|
520
|
570
|
650
|
630
|
690
|
|
North Lincolnshire
|
180
|
200
|
240
|
270
|
330
|
430
|
450
|
510
|
550
|
600
|
|
North Yorkshire (post 1 April 1996)
|
440
|
540
|
560
|
630
|
800
|
1,150
|
1,190
|
1,410
|
1,540
|
1,710
|
|
York
|
140
|
160
|
170
|
220
|
250
|
350
|
370
|
400
|
440
|
500
|
|
Barnsley
|
360
|
360
|
360
|
350
|
400
|
610
|
670
|
680
|
680
|
680
|
|
Doncaster
|
520
|
460
|
470
|
620
|
640
|
780
|
810
|
860
|
970
|
840
|
|
Rotherham
|
280
|
310
|
330
|
410
|
540
|
580
|
770
|
880
|
970
|
900
|
|
Sheffield
|
580
|
640
|
710
|
800
|
1,080
|
790
|
1,200
|
1,230
|
1,360
|
1,590
|
|
Bradford
|
1,240
|
1,200
|
1,230
|
1,370
|
1,590
|
1,600
|
1,870
|
1,880
|
1,980
|
2,000
|
|
Calderdale
|
370
|
400
|
420
|
520
|
630
|
720
|
770
|
820
|
680
|
860
|
|
Kirklees
|
580
|
620
|
670
|
970
|
1,120
|
1,180
|
1,140
|
1.270
|
1,390
|
1,490
|
|
Leeds
|
1,560
|
1,670
|
1,670
|
1,780
|
1,950
|
2,380
|
2,470
|
2,460
|
2,550
|
2,500
|
|
Wakefield
|
540
|
580
|
570
|
650
|
780
|
950
|
960
|
940
|
970
|
1,090
|
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
7,700
|
8,160
|
8,500
|
9,830
|
11,660
|
13,030
|
14,430
|
15,420
|
16,680
|
17,330
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Former Derbyshire
|
1,180
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derbyshire (post 1 April 1997)
|
|
930
|
990
|
1,160
|
1,460
|
1,660
|
1,720
|
1,820
|
1,980
|
2,190
|
|
Derby
|
|
360
|
380
|
430
|
510
|
590
|
670
|
760
|
830
|
930
|
|
Former Leicestershire
|
940
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leicestershire (post 1 April 1997)
|
|
580
|
640
|
760
|
920
|
970
|
1,190
|
1,150
|
1,630
|
1,730
|
|
Leicester
|
|
470
|
520
|
540
|
620
|
730
|
900
|
930
|
1,120
|
1,090
|
|
Rutland
|
|
50
|
50
|
70
|
70
|
80
|
100
|
100
|
120
|
120
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
810
|
820
|
890
|
990
|
1,250
|
1,550
|
1,610
|
1,980
|
2,190
|
2,370
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
810
|
880
|
990
|
1,090
|
1,330
|
1,310
|
1,330
|
1,360
|
1,680
|
1,940
|
|
Former Nottinghamshire
|
1,310
|
1,20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nottinghamshire (post 1 April 1998)
|
|
|
1,000
|
1,090
|
1,350
|
1,600
|
1,860
|
1,770
|
1,990
|
2,060
|
|
Nottingham
|
|
|
540
|
570
|
720
|
770
|
900
|
950
|
1,010
|
1,060
|
8 Nov 2006 : Column 1763W
8 Nov 2006 : Column 1764W
|
East Midlands
|
5,050
|
5,500
|
6,010
|
6,690
|
8,220
|
9,270
|
10,090
|
10,830
|
12,560
|
13,490
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Former Hereford and Worcester
|
630
|
800
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Herefordshire
|
|
|
190
|
210
|
250
|
190
|
330
|
370
|
410
|
420
|
|
Worcestershire
|
|
|
680
|
760
|
820
|
930
|
1,290
|
1,450
|
1,580
|
1,580
|
|
Former Shropshire
|
510
|
540
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shropshire (post 1 April 1996)
|
|
|
350
|
390
|
460
|
560
|
640
|
690
|
780
|
750
|
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
|
|
260
|
280
|
370
|
390
|
480
|
530
|
580
|
640
|
|
Former Staffordshire
|
1.270
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Staffordshire (post 1 April 1997)
|
|
960
|
1,060
|
1,160
|
1,370
|
1,310
|
1,750
|
1,820
|
2,070
|
2,080
|
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
|
460
|
460
|
490
|
540
|
460
|
620
|
750
|
820
|
830
|
|
Warwickshire
|
530
|
630
|
700
|
980
|
1,040
|
1,240
|
1,250
|
1,470
|
1,590
|
1,630
|
|
Birmingham
|
2,030
|
2,080
|
1,630
|
1,740
|
2,170
|
2,970
|
3,130
|
3,320
|
3,930
|
4,390
|
|
Coventry
|
390
|
440
|
440
|
670
|
820
|
690
|
640
|
740
|
770
|
770
|
|
Dudley
|
350
|
410
|
420
|
530
|
680
|
830
|
880
|
960
|
1,060
|
1,200
|
|
Sandwell
|
460
|
460
|
490
|
520
|
650
|
500
|
600
|
650
|
850
|
970
|
|
Solihull
|
280
|
300
|
300
|
320
|
370
|
410
|
470
|
520
|
610
|
630
|
|
Walsall
|
380
|
390
|
380
|
440
|
580
|
700
|
810
|
840
|
950
|
820
|
|
Wolverhampton
|
390
|
400
|
420
|
470
|
570
|
230
|
360
|
480
|
580
|
720
|
|
West Midlands
|
7,220
|
7,870
|
7,770
|
8,970
|
10,670
|
11,420
|
13,260
|
14,600
|
16,590
|
17,430
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Former Cambridgeshire
|
1,240
|
1,370
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cambridgeshire (post 1 April 1998)
|
|
|
1,000
|
1,090
|
1,230
|
1,420
|
1,480
|
1,830
|
2,020
|
1,880
|
|
Peterborough
|
|
|
380
|
500
|
540
|
680
|
720
|
780
|
910
|
1,050
|
|
Norfolk
|
730
|
850
|
930
|
1,050
|
1,490
|
1,710
|
1,740
|
1,870
|
2,310
|
2,570
|
|
Suffolk
|
500
|
610
|
660
|
770
|
1,100
|
920
|
1,430
|
1,350
|
1,460
|
1,540
|
|
Former Bedfordshire
|
790
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bedfordshire (post 1 April 1997)
|
|
580
|
650
|
710
|
820
|
950
|
1,070
|
1,140
|
1,240
|
1,340
|
|
Luton
|
|
290
|
360
|
430
|
530
|
560
|
620
|
720
|
760
|
820
|
|
Former Essex
|
1,720
|
1,840
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Essex (post 1 April 19 96)
|
|
|
1,620
|
1,760
|
2,100
|
3,140
|
3,500
|
3,660
|
3,810
|
3,920
|
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
|
|
220
|
280
|
350
|
460
|
560
|
600
|
640
|
650
|
|
Thurrock
|
|
|
210
|
290
|
340
|
430
|
540
|
550
|
570
|
630
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
1,080
|
1,270
|
1,250
|
1,510
|
1,800
|
1,740
|
2,710
|
2,870
|
3,110
|
2,910 |