§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Crosby of 13 April,Official Report, columns 630–32, he will publish a further table showing an analysis by age and sex of all such leavers below normal retirement age for each of the years ended March 1984, 1985 and 1986; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ButcherFigures of full-time teachers in maintained secondary schools in England leaving full-time service in the maintained sector at ages under 60 are as follows:
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Year ending March 1984 1985 1986 All leavers aged under 60 13,350 14,620 15,150 Men leavers aged under 60 of which, number aged: 4,590 5,270 5,810 less than 30 870 850 960
Year ending March 1984 1985 1986 30–34 860 930 1,000 35–39 670 810 900 40–44 350 470 570 45–49 320 370 370 50–54 520 620 710 55–59 1,010 1,210 1,300 Women leavers aged under 60 of which, number aged: 8,760 9,350 9,340 less than 30 2,510 2,470 2,140 30–34 2,490 2,500 2,330 35–39 1,150 1,340 1,470 40–44 640 750 920 45–49 470 530 610 50–54 600 720 810 55–59 910 1,050 1,050
§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many full-time teachers in maintained secondary schools in England left full-time service in the maintained sector at the normal retirement age in each of the years ended March 1984, 1985 and 1986.
§ Mr. ButcherThe numbers of full-time teachers in maintained secondary schools in England leaving full-time service in the maintained sector at age 60 or over in the years ending March 1984, 1985 and 1986 were 2,310, 2,250 and 2,090 respectively.
§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which the statistical evidence on secondary teacher resignations, given at table 21 of Cm. 625, "Second Report of the Interim Advisory Committee" is reliable; what comparable statistical evidence is available from his Department's database of teacher records; if he will make a statement on the extent of the apparent trends in numbers of secondary resignations shown by the evidence of table 21 for 1987 and the evidence from his Department for 1984, 1985 and 1986 given in reply to the hon. Member for Crosby,Official Report, 13 April, columns 630–32; when he expects to have a report on secondary resignations for 1987 from the database of teacher records; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ButcherTable 21 of Cm. 625 is based on a survey carried out by the Local Authorities' Conditions of Service Advisory Board (LACSAB). It shows the number of secondary teacher resignations in the calendar year 1987 analysed by teaching subject and destination. The Department's database of teacher records (DTR) cannot readily yield data for this period, not does it contain information on either of these aspects. It is not possible therefore to derive from the DTR analyses that are comparable to (and so could test the reliability of) those in table 21, Cm. 625.
No inferences can be drawn from the difference between the DTR estimates for 1984 to 1986 in Official Report, 13 April, columns 630–32 and the LACSAB data for 1987 in table 21, Cm. 625. The DTR estimates relate to teachers leaving the maintained sector, the LACSAB data to those resigning from schools (many of whom may merely be moving to other schools within the maintained sector).
Estimates from the DTR for the year ending March 1987 are expected to be available shortly.
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§ Mr. Kirk woodTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a further statement on the implications for his policy on university finances of the Association of University Teachers pay dispute.
Mr. JacksonI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Oxford, East (Mr. Smith) on 23 March, at column 684. That is still the position.
Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish statistics for every local education authority in England showing the number of supply teachers registered for casual cover and showing what incremental point on the main professional grade for teachers salaries a well-qualified and experienced supply teacher may progress to.
§ Mrs. RumboldInformation about the numbers of supply teachers registered with local education authorities is not held centrally. However, the numbers of teachers employed in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools for periods of less than one month on an occasional or short notice basis on 21 January 1988 are shown in the table. These figures exclude supply teachers with contracts of employment of one month or longer.
Local education authorities have discretion to pay supply teachers, subject to the requirements of the school teachers pay and conditions document 1988, up to the maximum of the main scale, and may also award them incentive allowances.
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Teachers in occasional service in maintained nursery, primary an secondary schools (January 1988) LEA Number Barking 25 Barnet 70 Bexley 70 Brent 153 Bromley 53 Croydon 68 Ealing 88 Enfield 58 Haringey 63 Harrow 59 Havering 61 Hillingdon 49 Hounslow 69 Kinston 40 Merton 63 Newham 41 Redbridge 43 Richmond 44 Sutton 55 Waltham Forest 53 ILEA 1,043 Birmingham 281 Coventry 80 Dudley 100 Sandwell 55 Solihull 34 Walsall 49 Wolverhampton 42 Knowsley 13 Liverpool 59 St. Helens 67 Sefton 79 Wirral 151 Bolton 114 Bury 43 Manchester 106 Oldham 111 Rochdale 83 Salford 109 Stockport 115 Tameside 60
LEA Number Trafford 77 Wigan 187 Barnsley 69 Doncaster 80 Rotherham 70 Sheffield 8 Bradford 217 Calderdale 63 Kirklees 98 Leeds 100 Wakefield 73 Gateshead 69 Newcastle 97 North Tyneside 55 South Tyneside 19 Sunderland 54 Avon 283 Bedfordshire 145 Berkshire 169 Buckinghamshire 108 Cambridgeshire 63 Cheshire 330 Cleveland 164 Cornwall 130 Cumbria 158 Derbyshire 288 Devon 278 Dorset 35 Durham 61 East Sussex 125 Essex 398 Gloucestershire 58 Hampshire 296 Hereford and Worcester 139 Hertfordshire 392 Humberside 201 Isle of Wight 19 Kent 324 Lancashire 523 Leicestershire 197 Lincolnshire 178 Norfolk 130 North Yorkshire 178 Northamptonshire 129 Northumberland 59 Nottinghamshire 0 Oxfordshire 92 Salop 149 Somerset 32 Staffordshire 167 Suffolk 45 Surrey 222 Warwickshire 117 West Sussex 110 Wiltshire 127 England 11,974
§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when the second report of the interim advisory committee on school teachers pay and conditions will be published.
§ Mr. Kenneth Baker[pursuant to his reply, 16 February 1989, c. 323–26.]: After careful consideration of the representations I have received I have decided to accept the recommendations on pay rates and conditions of employment contained in the second report of the interim advisory committee on school teachers pay and conditions of employment contained in the second report of the interim advisory committee on school teachers pay and conditions. Drafts of the school teachers pay and conditions document 1989, an order which will give effect to this document, and a circular to local education authorities are being sent today to the relevant local 621W authority associations, teacher unions and bodies representing the interests of the governors of voluntary schools inviting their comments by Thursday 18 May 1989.