§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers left the teaching profession in each of the last five years. [126316]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe number of full and part-time teachers leaving the maintained nursery, primary, secondary, special and PRU sector1 in England in each of the last five years for which data are available are shown in the following table.
424W
Moving out of service2 Retirements3 Other4 1993–94 17,100 14,100 400 1994–95 18,000 14,100 400 1995–96 15,600 15,200 400 1996–97 15,800 16,900 400 1997–98 17,100 16,800 300 1 Excludes those leaving sixth form colleges. Sixth form colleges became part of the FE sector at 1 April 1993. 2 Teachers leaving the maintained nursery, primary, secondary, special and PRU sector to join FE, HE or the independent schools sector have been shown as moving out of service. 3 Teachers retiring but then rejoining the maintained nursery, primary, secondary, special and PRU sector have not been shown as moving out of service or retiring. Teachers retiring and then joining the FE, HE or the independent schools sector have been shown as moving out of service.
4 Teachers barred from service and dying in service.
Note:
Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.
There has been a growth of 6,900 full time equivalent regular teachers in the maintained school sector between January 1998 and January 2000.
§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what are the estimated(a) administrative and (b) monitoring costs of the threshold pay scheme for teachers. [127155]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisCambridge Education Associates (CEA) and the Centre for British Teachers (CfBT) have been contracted to work with the Department to administer and monitor the threshold assessment arrangements in England. The costs associated with these contracts are commercial in confidence. Threshold assessments in Wales will be managed by five consortia of Welsh local education 425W authorities, on a slightly later timescale than in England. The cost of the Department's contracts with the Welsh consortia has not yet been finalised.
§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers are directly employed by LEAs; what estimate he has made of the number that would apply for threshold pay; when he made that estimate; and how many have applied to date. [127140]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThere were about 15,000 teachers employed directly by local authorities in England in 1998, of which it is estimated that 75 per cent. were eligible to apply for the threshold this year. When we published the threshold application forms and guidance materials on 24 March 2000 we encouraged all eligible teachers to apply. We did not make any estimate on the numbers of eligible teachers employed directly by local authorities. We will be announcing details about the numbers of teachers that have applied to cross the threshold this year shortly.