HC Deb 03 November 1975 vol 899 cc43-4W
Mr. George Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion and amount of expenditure on schools, further education and higher education, respectively, goes on salaries of teaching staff, including heads of departments etc. as teaching staff.

Mr. Mulley

In the financial year 1974–75 expenditure by local education authorities in England and Wales on teachers' salaries was as follows:

Out-turn prices Proportion of recurrent expenditure
£ million Per cent.
Schools 1,667 67
Advanced and Non-Advanced Further Education 381 54

Comparable data for university teachers' salaries in 1974–75 are as yet not available.