§ Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of the wage and salary bill in respect of school pupils is attributable to teachers, including headmasters, and what proportion to administrative and ancillary staff including local authorities and his Department but excluding domestic staff.
§ Mr. CroslandThe estimated expenditure on salaries of teachers in maintained schools in 1964–65 was approximately £402 million. The estimated expenditure by local education authorities and my Department on the salaries of administrative staff in the same year was approximately £22 million, but this cannot be apportioned between schools and other work. The estimated expenditure on all non-teaching staff in the schools was approximately £88 million, but I regret that I cannot break this total down to exclude any staff other than those employed in the school meals service, who account for £40 million of this expenditure. All the salaries and wages figures include superannuation and National Insurance.