Written question asked by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Monday, 4 February 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 February 2008. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Monday, 18 February 2008 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Schools: Manpower

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the staffing costs of (a) teachers and (b) all school staff were in the latest year for which figures are available.

Answer

The available information requested is as follows:

Staffing expenditure by all local authority maintained schools in England for 2006-07
	£ million
(a) Teaching staff	17,867
(b) Non-teaching staff	6,655
(c) Other employee expenses¹	480

Total:	25,002
¹ Including recruitment, development and training costs.

Secondary information