§ Sir Peter Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the average increase in teachers' salaries per head, expressed as a percentage, each year since March 1979, to the latest convenient date.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe information is as follows, from March 1979 to April 1986, on both a cash and a constant price base.
Percentage increase in the average salary of teachers At cash prices At constant prices Year (April) Year on year Per cent. Cumulative Per cent. Year on year Per cent. Cumulative Per cent. 1979 +10 + 10 0 0 1980 +37 + 51 +12 +12 1981 + 9 + 64 - 3 + 9 1982 + 7 + 76 - 2 + 7 1983 + 6 + 86 + 2 + 9 1984 + 6 + 97 + 1 +10 1985 + 8 +112 + 1 +11 1986 +7 +228 + 4 +15