§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will estimate the 1989–90 cost of the recommended changes to school teachers pay, above the original £385 million limit proposed; what amount and proportion of this excess above the original limit will be offset by the net 0.4 per cent. reduction in employers contributions for superannuation identified in his reply to the hon. Member for Southwark and Bermondsey, of 4 May,Official Report, column 177, as being free from other assumed offset purposes; what amount and proportion will not be so offset; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ButcherThe salary bill for school teachers in England will rise by some £440 million in the financial year 1989–90. This is £80 million above the England element of the original limit proposed. The effect of the extra 0.4 per cent. reduction in the cost of employers' contributions to teachers superannuation will be to reduce the school teachers salary bill by about £25 million. The remaining £55 million to be borne by local education authorities represents less than 0.4 per cent. of local authority education provision.