(b) 2515 (Head count) or 2150 (FTE) were female.

(4) The department does not have information on numbers of teachers working in non-government schools.

(5) (a) For government schools, figures on IT specialist or other speciality areas are not maintained centrally. A Skills and Qualifications database is being developed to initially collect this data on the teaching workforce. Government schools employ and contract IT professionals in a variety of ways to best suit their individual needs and IT environments. For example: IT teachers; Information Technology Officers (ITOs); school assistants; maintenance contracts with IT businesses; InTACT support; IT trainees; and "e-coaches"and IT support from Centre for Teaching and Learning Technologies.

(6)(a) Each government primary school has an Office Manager, previously called a Bursar, and each secondary school has a Registrar. Two very small primary schools have a part-time Office Manager. (b) N/A.

[Census data attached to the reply were lodged with the Chamber Support Office]

1. How many requests for assistance did the Consumer Law Centre receive in its first month of operation;

3. Of these requests, what percentage of people was the centre able to assist with (a) success, (b) no success, (c) cases still pending;