HC Deb 07 May 1996 vol 277 cc102-5W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is(a) the total number and (b) the number in each LEA of (i) head teachers, (ii) deputy head teachers and (iii) teachers who have taken early retirement on the ground of ill health in each year since 1991; and if she will make a statement. [27832]

Mr. Robin Squire

[holding answer 2 May 1996]: The table shows the retirements on ill health grounds for England and each local education authority—LEA—area, from the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special education sector, including grant-maintained schools, for the financial years 1991–92 to 1994–95, the most recent year for which this information is available.

Separate figures are provided for head teachers, deputy head teachers and classroom teachers. The table is restricted to members of the teachers' superannuation

Ill health retirements from the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special education sector
1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
Financial year of award Heads Deputy heads Other Heads Deputy heads Other Heads Deputy heads Other Heads Deputy heads Other
Corporation of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Camden 2 0 7 3 0 7 1 0 10 3 1 16
Greenwich 0 0 10 0 3 10 2 0 9 2 0 15
Hackney 1 1 7 1 1 5 0 1 6 0 0 14
Hammersmith 0 2 5 0 3 5 2 0 9 2 1 20
Islington 1 1 7 0 0 12 1 0 4 2 0 13
Kensington and Chelsea 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 4
Lambeth 1 5 7 0 0 8 1 1 18 1 1 10
Lewisham 0 2 15 2 0 10 0 0 14 0 1 13
Southwark 0 1 11 0 1 13 3 1 16 1 1 11
Tower Hamlets 0 0 7 1 1 8 2 0 12 1 0 14
Wandsworth 0 1 8 0 3 10 1 1 14 2 4 14
Westminster 0 0 10 0 2 10 0 0 6 1 1 10
Barking 2 1 6 0 0 8 2 0 15 0 0 12
Bamet 2 1 7 2 1 11 2 0 8 1 2 19
Bexley 0 0 7 0 2 14 3 3 9 2 2 11
Brent 0 0 9 1 0 6 0 0 7 0 1 9
Bromley 3 1 7 1 1 7 3 1 11 1 0 11
Croydon 2 1 13 0 1 15 1 1 21 0 3 21
Ealing 0 0 15 0 0 13 2 1 6 0 0 8
Enfield 1 0 11 1 0 6 0 2 5 1 1 14
Haringey 0 0 5 0 1 5 1 0 4 1 1 12
Harrow 1 0 8 1 2 8 2 1 10 3 2 18
Havering 0 1 16 0 1 19 3 2 13 1 2 14
Hillingdon 2 2 18 0 1 13 0 0 5 0 1 7
Hounslow 2 1 8 1 0 12 0 0 13 5 0 16
Kingston upon Thames 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 1 0 6
Merton 1 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 10 1 0 6
Newham 0 0 5 1 0 8 1 0 8 1 1 14
Redbridge 2 1 8 1 0 4 1 0 7 1 2 9
Richmond upon Thames 0 1 4 1 0 3 2 0 8 0 1 7
Sutton 2 0 3 0 1 3 0 1 4 0 0 10
Waltham Forest 1 0 8 2 2 7 3 2 18 2 0 12
Birmingham 9 10 67 5 6 78 5 8 81 5 7 89
Coventry 1 3 33 1 2 23 0 4 34 1 1 35
Dudley 0 1 12 2 3 16 2 2 12 1 2 17
Sandwell 3 2 18 0 3 20 2 2 33 3 5 35
Solihull 0 2 13 2 1 16 0 1 13 5 2 17
Walsall 0 0 18 2 5 21 0 2 21 4 4 23
Wolverhampton 5 3 15 6 2 41 3 6 22 6 6 21
Knowsley 3 1 17 0 1 13 2 2 17 0 1 15
Liverpool 2 4 44 4 4 38 8 3 51 6 3 36
St. Helens 1 0 14 3 2 28 1 1 30 3 2 25
Sefton 1 4 22 4 2 28 7 3 33 7 0 24
Wirral 3 4 26 3 1 15 3 4 22 4 0 24
Bolton 2 3 21 4 2 24 2 3 28 3 3 31
Bury 0 1 8 1 1 11 2 1 15 2 2 18
Manchester 4 6 28 5 3 43 5 4 43 3 1 43
Oldham 0 1 14 0 1 16 1 0 27 0 3 18
Rochdale 4 3 17 3 0 13 4 4 24 4 3 21
Salford 0 1 18 0 3 16 2 8 20 1 2 18
Stockport 2 1 31 1 4 28 5 2 37 0 5 38
Tameside 4 1 10 1 5 12 1 1 19 5 4 21
Trafford 1 2 9 0 3 16 4 1 23 0 4 19
Wigan 4 0 17 0 3 13 6 1 33 3 3 18
Barnsley 4 2 14 3 1 16 0 2 24 5 3 24
Doncaster 3 3 15 3 0 18 3 1 26 2 4 22
Rotherham 0 3 16 0 0 18 3 0 21 0 3 22
Sheffield 3 3 28 3 4 25 5 4 38 4 3 26
Bradford 7 4 42 4 3 36 5 8 45 3 4 39
Calderdale 4 2 14 2 1 15 6 0 17 3 2 26
Kirklees 2 3 25 2 2 40 8 6 51 5 4 42
Leeds 2 4 39 4 2 41 4 7 69 3 4 67
Wakefield 7 2 37 3 3 37 2 4 41 2 4 33
Gateshead 0 1 10 0 2 18 1 0 18 1 1 19
Newcastle upon Tyne 5 2 35 0 3 16 3 4 14 5 0 16
North Tyneside 0 2 15 2 0 15 2 1 15 3 0 13
South Tyneside 1 1 12 2 4 14 2 3 14 2 3 12
Sunderland 2 3 26 3 7 30 6 3 32 2 4 36
Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

scheme in full-time, part-time or occasional service at 31 March immediately before the financial year in which they retired.

Ill health retirements from the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special education sector
1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
Financial year of award Heads Deputy heads Other Heads Deputy heads Other Heads Deputy heads Other Heads Deputy heads Other
Avon 5 5 49 7 5 39 8 7 62 15 8 55
Bedfordshire 5 4 28 6 1 30 6 3 28 8 5 31
Berkshire 8 6 39 6 5 31 3 7 48 10 4 43
Buckinghamshire 8 7 21 4 3 22 8 3 34 9 2 46
Cambridgeshire 8 5 22 4 6 27 6 3 22 4 5 49
Cheshire 7 3 58 9 5 49 12 7 64 11 15 74
Cleveland 3 3 55 4 7 74 6 13 68 9 6 67
Cornwall 8 6 31 5 2 37 8 2 26 4 3 32
Cumbria 5 4 36 5 4 22 5 4 34 7 1 31
Derbyshire 10 6 59 3 1 54 9 3 52 16 9 47
Devon 8 5 64 6 8 67 14 11 70 15 11 88
Dorset 5 5 30 6 5 43 3 3 31 4 6 45
Durham 5 9 38 1 8 53 6 5 51 13 9 60
East Sussex 4 7 31 4 5 41 5 6 46 11 4 54
Essex 4 11 81 6 12 79 12 16 103 16 9 121
Gloucestershire 3 1 24 5 4 20 5 5 31 5 3 28
Hampshire 10 11 97 15 9 110 10 13 140 16 8 151
Hereford and Worcester 8 10 47 12 7 50 11 11 58 14 10 78
Hertfordshire 4 6 63 12 3 45 5 5 52 14 9 73
Humberside 2 6 51 5 5 62 3 3 46 15 7 88
Isle of Wight 0 0 7 0 1 3 2 3 3 2 2 7
Kent 15 15 92 19 17 107 17 8 111 16 7 143
Lancashire 14 18 112 16 12 109 24 13 156 24 19 146
Leicestershire 8 4 57 5 2 45 7 6 51 10 7 58
Lincolnshire 11 9 49 10 6 29 12 6 46 4 6 58
Norfolk 9 10 52 9 7 43 13 8 56 15 7 42
North Yorkshire 6 3 44 6 4 26 9 9 40 14 8 56
Northamptonshire 4 2 35 5 4 34 8 4 61 14 4 51
Northumberland 4 2 18 4 6 15 6 4 24 6 4 18
Nottinghamshire 12 5 74 13 9 79 5 12 73 13 3 82
Oxfordshire 5 2 25 4 6 29 6 2 28 10 4 36
Shropshire 5 2 28 3 1 31 6 3 44 6 5 30
Somerset 9 5 41 11 2 39 8 2 43 9 8 38
Staffordshire 12 6 79 12 14 73 15 9 81 19 9 95
Suffolk 2 4 23 6 1 33 6 5 42 11 5 48
Surrey 11 10 45 6 3 53 7 11 58 10 8 52
Warwickshire 1 3 28 3 8 20 3 4 30 4 5 41
West Sussex 1 3 34 5 3 36 5 3 33 7 5 37
Wiltshire 13 5 32 8 4 28 13 10 35 7 3 51
England 377 339 2,859 368 331 2,927 471 377 3,455 559 384 3,743