§ Mr. Penhaligonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the total annual expenditure on wages and salaries of (a)primary and secondary teachers, (b) university teachers and (c)other higher education teachers; and what are the total numbers employed in each group.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe information is given in the following table. The figures are for 1983–84, the latest year for which data on all the categories is generally available.
1983–84 (England) Teacher Numbers(000's, full-time equivalents)* Annual expenditure on wages and salaries†‡(£million) (a)Primary and secondary teachers 408.8 4,500 (b)University teachers║ (GB) 30.2 583 (c)Other higher education teachers¶ 25.9 426 * Teacher numbers as at January 1984. †‡All figures include the cost of employers' national insurance and superannuation contributions. ‡Expenditure figures are on a financial year basis for (a)and (c), and on an academic year basis for (b). ║Includes research staff wholly finaned by universities, not full-time equivalent. ¶Polytechnic lecturers and lecturers undertaking advanced further education work in other major establishments of further education.
Average cost per pupil 1979–80 1980–81 *1981–82 *1982–83 *1983–84 (£ Cash England) Maintained Schools Nursery schools 815 990 1,110 1,140 1,230 Primary schools —age classes 430 545 620 680 730 —Nursery classes 520 640 725 795 855 —Ordinary classes 430 545 615 675 725 Secondary schools —all pupils 610 770 870 945 1,015 —11–16 pupils 580 730 825 895 965 —16+ pupils 1,025 1,240 1,320 1,435 1,545 Special education 1,930 2,455 2,760 3,060 3,265 Assisted Places —all pupils n/a n/a 1,098 1,267 1,303 *The maintained school data relate to Financial Years and the assisted places to Academic Years.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the net recurrent cost per pupil in nursery schools, nursery classes and primary schools; and what proportion of that cost is attributed to teachers' salaries.
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