Question to the Department for Education:
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.
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.
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Batley and Spen | 770 | 770 | 820 | 840 | 840 | 850 |
West Yorkshire | 16,820 | 16,290 | 16,800 | 16,470 | 17,030 | 17,340 |
England | 375,260 | 371,670 | 379,340 | 385,460 | 388,650 | 387,690 |
Source: School Workforce Census |
Notes:
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 FTE classroom teachers.
In 2011, two schools in the Batley and Spen did not provide data on teachers, so figures are not comparable with other years.