HC Deb 12 June 1995 vol 261 cc417-9W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her answer of 25 May,Official Report, column 690, if she will list the figures for the average teacher's salary in each of the education authorities who (a) do not receive and (b) receive area cost adjustment. [28086]

Mr. Robin Squire

The latest available data are set out in the table. The area cost adjustment reflects relative costs across all salaries as well as other expenses such as higher rates.

Average Salary, as at March 1993 (provisional), of full-time teachers in the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special education sector
LEAs which receive area cost adjustment
Average salary £
Corporation of London 22,168
Inner London Boroughs
Camden 22,801
Greenwich 22,922
Hackney 23,225
Hammersmith 22,633
Islington 22,501
Kensington and Chelsea 22,490
Lambeth 23,680
Lewisham 23,153
Southwark 23,475
Tower Hamlets 23,062
Wandsworth 22,546
Westminster 22,920
Outer London Boroughs
Barking 21,926
Barnet 21,508
Bexley 21,572
Brent 23,743
Bromley 22,001
Croydon 21,881
Ealing 21,960
Enfield 21,841
Haringey 23,232
Harrow 21,437
Havering 21,646
Hillingdon 21,683
Houslow 21,136
Kingston upon Thames 21,698
Merton 22,307
Newham 22,603
Redbridge 21,849
Richmond upon Thames 21,171
Sutton 21,770
Waltham Forest 21,721

Average Salary, as at March 1993 (provisional), of full-time teachers in the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special education sector
LEAs which receive area cost adjustment
Average salary £
Shire Counties
Bedfordshire 20,461
Berkshire 20,672
Buckinghamshire 20,554
East Sussex 20,402
Essex 20,945
Hampshire 20,415
Hertfordshire 20,835
Kent 20,787
Oxfordshire 20,545
Surrey 20,955
West Sussex 20,646
Isle of Scilly 20,361
Isle of Wight 20,294

Average salary, as at March 1993 (provisional), or full-time teachers in the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special education sector
LEAs which do not receive area cost adjustment
Average Salary £
Metropolitan Authorities
Birmingham 20,552
Coventry 20,877
Dudley 20,368
Sandwell 20,644
Solihull 20,452
Walsall 20,571
Wolverhampton 20,586
Knowsley 20,559
Liverpool 20,573
St. Helens 20,888
Sefton 20,511
Wirral 20,782
Bolton 20,155
Bury 20,372
Manchester 21,367
Oldham 20,158
Rochdale 20,880
Salford 20,434
Stockport 20,469
Tameside 20,415
Trafford 20,584
Wigan 21,059
Barnsley 20,182
Doncaster 20,431
Rotherham 20,340
Sheffield 20,989
Bradford 20,231
Calderdale 20,553
Kirklees 20,443
Leeds 20,778
Wakefield 20,295
Gateshead 20,777
Newcastle upon Tyne 20,495
North Tyneside 20,506
South Tyneside 20,397
Sunderland 20,196
Shire Counties
Avon 20,402
Cambridgeshire 20,285
Cheshire 20,641

Average salary, as at March 1993 (provisional), or full-time teachers in the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special education sector
LEAs which do not receive area cost adjustment
Average Salary £
Cleveland 20,425
Cornwall 20,752
Cumbria 20,511
Derbyshire 20,651
Devon 20,441
Dorset 20,525
Durham 20,414
Gloucestershire 20,453
Hereford and Worcester 20,732
Humberside 20,671
Lancashire 20,512
Leicestershire 20,556
Lincolnshire 20,663
Norfolk 20,653
North Yorkshire 20,526
Norhtamptonshire 20,372
Northumberland 20,623
Nottinghamshire 20,732
Shropshire 20,655
Somerset 20,795
Staffordshire 20,656
Suffolk 20,372
Warwickshire 20,551
Wiltshire 20,491

Source: Database of Teacher Records.

Note:

Average salary includes all allowances eg London allowance.