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	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	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, what assessment she has made of the number of teaching assistants who are performing a full teaching role in schools in England.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education has not made an assessment of the number of teaching assistants who are performing a full teaching role in schools in England.</p><p>The Education (Specified Work) (England) Regulations 2012 set out the specific circumstances in which someone employed in a maintained school other than a qualified teacher can teach; and where teaching assistants can be used to cover teacher absence. These regulations state that teaching assistants may only carry out specified teaching work where they are assisting or supporting the work of a qualified teacher in the school and are under the direction and supervision of a qualified teacher as arranged by the headteacher. This ensures that a teacher continues to provide the leading contribution.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/06/2015 11:40:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

381155

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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, what estimate has she made of the number of teaching assistants employed in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Hyndburn constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham Jones
	uin	2491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The latest available figures on the number of full-time equivalent teaching assistants in state-funded schools are from November 2013 and are published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/06/2015 10:18:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

381187

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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, how many new teaching assistants were employed in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Hyndburn constituency in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham Jones
	uin	2492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of full-time equivalent teaching assistants employed in state-funded schools in England is published each year in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical series available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce</a></p><p>Statistics on the number of new teaching assistants employed each year in England, Lancashire and Hyndburn are not available in the requested format.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/06/2015 10:20:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

418413

	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

174850

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the latest figures available for the number of male and female teaching assistants in primary and secondary schools in England and Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL4277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The following table provides the full-time equivalent (FTE)[1] and headcount number<sup>1</sup> of male and female teaching assistants in service in publicly funded primary and secondary schools in England, November 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Education matters in Wales are a responsibility of the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary[2] [3]</p></td><td><p><strong>156,240</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>257,330</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>6,700</p></td><td><p>9,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>149,500</p></td><td><p>247,500</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Secondary<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>54,350</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>70,690</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>9,110</p></td><td><p>11,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>45,200</p></td><td><p>59,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Teaching assistant numbers are published in table 3a of the statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2013’, published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 teachers.</p><p>[2] Includes local authority maintained nursery schools.</p><p>[3] Includes gender unknown.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 27/01/2015 15:28:28 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon