§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will publish available figures on the number of hours devoted to extra-curricular activities by (a) full-time and (b) part-time teachers in further and higher education;
(2) how many part-time teachers in further and higher education, respectively, began employment in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. WaldenThis information is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what pension schemes are available to part-time teachers in further and higher education; and on what criteria they are based.
§ Mr. Chris Pattenpart-time teachers are not compulsorily subject to the teachers' superannuation scheme and are in consequence free to make their own personal pension arrangements. Part-time teachers in further and higher education (excluding universities) may elect to participate in teachers' superannuation if they are paid salary expressed as a proportion of the appropriate full-time rate. Alternatively, they may participate in the state earnings-related pension scheme if their earnings exceed the lower earnings limit.
I am sending the hon. Member general information about teachers' superannuation.
§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list, by region, in England and Wales, the number of (a) part-time and (b) full-time teachers in further and higher education (i) employed and (ii) made redundant in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. WaldenThe readily available information is as follows:
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Region/Year Part-time employed* Full-time employed† Full-time made redundant‡ North 1981 3,427 13,091 46 1982 3,586 13,166 94 1983 3,686 13,381 56 1984 3,735 13,421 58 1985 3,583 13,244 155 North-West 1981 2,700 11,586 120 1982 2,652 11,550 189 1983 2,539 11,585 86 1984 2,893 11,611 55 1985 2,776 11,618 93 Greater London 1981 6,426 14,715 35 1982 6,300 14,559 101 1983 5,785 14,561 45 1984 5,314 14,610 46 1985 5,179 14,330 161
Region/Year Part-time employed* Full-time employed† Full-time made redundant‡ South-West 1981 1,562 6,341 2 1982 1,553 6,397 15 1983 1,738 6,734 44 1984 1,645 6,692 63 1985 1,748 6,770 63 Rest of England 1981 7,035 30,875 63 1982 8,000 30,913 98 1983 8,191 31,393 277 1984 8,737 31,469 266 1985 8,628 31,654 216 Wales 1981 733 3,969 22 1982 829 4,023 32 1983 738 4,237 15 1984 717 4,268 7 1985 625 4,219 18 * Part-time teachers are expressed as full-time equivalents. They are for the maintained sector only as at January of each year. The definition of a teacher in further education changed after 1983 so direct comparisons cannot be made for part-time staff. † As at 31 March each year. Figures for 1985 are provisional only. ‡ Numbers of part-time teachers made redundant are not available. The figures shown include a small element for some university staff not shown in full-time employment.
§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the average pay rise enjoyed by (a) part-time and (b) full-time teachers in further and higher education, respectively, in each of the last five years.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe pay rates of part-time teachers are derived from those of full-time teachers and have increased by similar amounts except where states. Full-time teachers received the following pay increases*
Date of settlement Percentage increase 1 April 1981 †7.5 1 April 1982 5.8 1 April 1983 ‡4.95 1 April 1984 ║5.05 1 April 1985 ¶5.82 1 December 1985 Notes:
* It has been assumed that the question refers to teachers in further and higher education in the public sector. University lecturers' pay is not included.
† Part-time rates included delayed Clegg-related increases and are not therefore comparable.
‡ 4.5 per cent. plus £51 on each salary point.
║ 4.6 per cent. plus £330 on maximum of lecturer grade I.
¶ 5 per cent. from 1 April, 2 per cent. from 1 December on 31 March 1985 rates, and transfer of those on maximum of lecturer grade I scale to lecturer grade II scale from 1 September 1985.