§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what elements are included in the rate support grant calculations for salaries of teachers sufficient to achieve Government objectives for pupil-teacher ratios; and if he will list those local education authorities which are now employing fewer teachers than those assumed for the relevant calculation.
§ Mr. MulleyThe forecasts of the aggregate relevant expenditure on local authority services, which form the basis for determining annually the global amount of rate support grant, include the salary 339W superannuation and national insurance costs of the total number of teachers it is expected will be employed; but, since an individual local authority's share of the total is not specifically related to teacher numbers, a list cannot be provided in the form requested.
§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, in calculating the rate support grant for the financial years 1976–77 he will assume that local education authorities will be employing all those teachers entering the profession during that year.
§ Mr. MulleyCalculation of the intended level of relevant expenditure on particular local authority services in 1976–77 is subject to the constraints announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his Budget of April 1975. In consultation with the local authorities' associations I am considering the optimum pattern of expenditure. The financial constraints are such, however, that we may no longer assume that all those qualified and willing to teach will find employment.