§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2001,Official Report, column 33W, what the average salary has been, including relevant threshold payments, for (a) primary teachers, (b) secondary teachers, (c) graduates in other sectors and (d) all non-manual employees in each year since 1974. [148921]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 6 February 2001]: It is estimated that the average pay of a full-time qualified teacher (including heads and deputy heads) in the maintained nursery, primary and secondary sector at April 2001 will be £27,900 (including the post-threshold pay scale). There is nothing further to add to the previous answer about teacher salaries.
Average gross weekly earning s for full-time non-manual adults in Great Britain, whose pay in the survey pay period was not affected by absence, in April each year, are as follows:
382W
Year £ 1970 28.2 1971 30.9 1972 34.4 1973 38.1 1974 43.5 1975 56.3
Year £ 1976 67.6 1977 73.7 1978 82.7 1979 92.4 1980 115.7 1981 133.8 1982 146.0 19831 159.4 19831 159.1 1984 172.2 1985 184.6 1986 200.9 1987 217.4 1988 240.7 1989 264.9 1990 291.2 1991 312.5 1992 334.6 1993 349.5 1994 359.5 1995 371.6 1996 389.3 19972 406.8 19982 425.2 1999 433.1 2000 452.4 1 1970 to first row for 1983 compiled on basis of men aged 21+ and women aged 18+, second row for 1983 onwards compiled on basis of employees on adult rates. 2 1997 and 1998 data include late receipts. Source:
New Earnings Survey.