§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list average teachers' salaries for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries.
§ Sir Keith Joseph[pursuant to his reply, 27 February 1985, c. 179]: Up to date information is not available. The following average salaries for public sector school teachers and college and university lecturers have been derived from various UNESCO and European Community publications:
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£000s* 1979 1980 Belgium 11.9 N/A Canada †11.9 N/A Denmark 7.0 N/A
1979 1980 France 7.7 10.9 West Germany 12.5 14.3 Netherlands 18.5 N/A Sweden †11.8 N/A United Kingdom 6.7 8.7 USA †11.4 N/A * At 1979 price levels adjusted for relative purchasing power of wages between countries. †Based on teacher/lecturer head count, not full time equivalent of part-time as for other countries.