Teaching and Administrative Costs

HC Deb 20 October 1975 vol 898 cc74-5W

Mr. Evelyn King

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what estimates he has of the total salary bill in respect of teachers and in respect of administrative staff excluding manual workers but including officials of the DES in England and Wales, respectively.

Mr. Mulley

In the financial year 1974–75 teachers' salaries in England and Wales cost £2,060 million. The cost of central educational administration and inspection by local education authorities, excluding the salaries of manual workers, was £74 million. DES staff costs were £12 million.