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	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the findings of her Department's review into the status and professionalism of teaching assistants announced in October 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	10004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2015 answer text <p>Ministers have considered the latest evidence on the effective deployment and professional development of teaching assistants, together with a summary of the call for evidence and the draft teaching assistant standards submitted by the expert panel.</p><p> </p><p>In the light of this evidence, the Government believes that schools are best placed to decide how they use and deploy teaching assistants, and to set standards for the teaching assistants they employ. The Secretary of State has therefore decided not to publish the draft standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2015 09:40:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 21854 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

532450

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching assistants were employed in schools in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	41747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>Statistics showing the number of teaching assistants in service in state funded schools in England in each year since 2010 are available from Table 1 in the statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2015’ available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2015</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/07/2016 15:11:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

678572

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the change in responsibilities of teaching assistants since 2010; and what steps her Department takes to support teaching assistants who have taken on additional responsibilities.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	61683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>Head teachers are responsible for the deployment of their teaching assistants, which is based on the existing guidance available such as the Education Endowment Foundation’s report “Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants”.</p><p> </p><p>The report offers the latest evidence and identifies ways that schools can deploy teaching assistants in different contexts to deliver high quality support to pupils. It also recommends that teaching assistants should be fully prepared for their role by having the knowledge and training necessary to carry out their work. The report is available at: <a href="https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/uploads/pdf/TA_Guidance_Report_Interactive.pdf" target="_blank">https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/uploads/pdf/TA_Guidance_Report_Interactive.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/02/2017 16:44:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

711760

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent classroom teachers were employed in schools in (a) Batley and Spen constituency, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	68292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of full time equivalent classroom teachers in service in state funded schools in Batley and Spen constituency, West Yorkshire and England in each year from November 2010 to November 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Batley and Spen</strong></p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Yorkshire</strong></p></td><td><p>16,820</p></td><td><p>16,290</p></td><td><p>16,800</p></td><td><p>16,470</p></td><td><p>17,030</p></td><td><p>17,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>375,260</p></td><td><p>371,670</p></td><td><p>379,340</p></td><td><p>385,460</p></td><td><p>388,650</p></td><td><p>387,690</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 FTE classroom teachers.</p><p>In 2011, two schools in the Batley and Spen did not provide data on teachers, so figures are not comparable with other years. <strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/03/2017 17:48:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

850840

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the use of (a) higher level teacher assistants and (b) cover supervisors to cover teaching absences.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	130065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department collects information on the number of higher level teaching assistants and cover supervisors employed in schools. However, no information is available on the amount of time these staff spend covering teaching absences.</p><p> </p><p>The full-time equivalent number of contracted staff whose role is defined as that of ‘higher level teaching assistant’ or of ‘cover supervisor’, employed by state funded schools in England, November 2010 to 2016 is provided in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>State Funded Schools</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Higher Level Teaching Assistant</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Cover Supervisor</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>11,040</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>12,150</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>13,380</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>14,650</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>15,850</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>16,410</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7,970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>17,140</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7,640</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census<br> Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/03/2018 16:26:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane