HC Deb 20 February 1976 vol 905 cc862-5W
Mr. Peter Morrison

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the increase in the total of teacher salaries in each local education authority over the last three years on a yearly basis.

Miss Joan Lestor

Information relating to the financial years 1971–72, 1972–73 and 1973–74 is set out in the table below. With few exceptions, valid comparisons cannot be made between 1973–74 and 1974–75 because of the reorganisation of local government on 1st April 1974.

INCREASE IN TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON TEACHERS SALARIES
£000's
Between
1971–72 and 1972–73 1972–73 and 1973–74
English Counties
Bedfordshire 1,151 1,567
Berkshire 1,891 1,900
Buckinghamshire 2,557 2,345
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 1,124 1,013
Cheshire 5,004 3,596
Cornwall 1,462 1,248
Cumberland 873 743
Derbyshire 2,360 2,094
Devon 1,483 1,335
Dorset 1,269 1,208
Durham 3,199 2,814
Essex 4,449 3,697
Gloucestershire 2,307 1,811
Hampshire 3,363 3,222
Herefordshire 573 478
Hertfordshire 4,626 3,839
Huntingdon and Peterborough 912 905
Isle of Wight 397 325
Isles of Scilly 8 5
Kent 4,695 4,202
Lancashire 9,158 9,328
Leicestershire 2,100 1,823
Lincolnshire—
Holland 403 248*
Kesteven 690 411*
Lindsey 1,514 896*
Norfolk 1,549 1,528
Northamptonshire 1,335 1,258
Northumberland 1,991 1,359
Nottinghamshire 3,213 2,626
Oxfordshire 1,149 900
Rytland 151 67*
Shropshire (Salop) 1,351 1,317
Somerset 2,078 1,842
Staffordshire 3,100 2,846
Suffolk—
East 796 700
West 693 724
Surrey 3,631 3,048
Sussex—
East 1,384 1,153
West 1,720 1,384
Warwickshire 2,487 2,315
Westmorland 264 254
Wiltshire 1,801 1,881
Worcestershire 1,996 1,942
Yorkshire—
East Riding 1,037 877
North Riding 1,204 1,173
West Riding 7,146 4,408
English Country Boroughs
Barnsley 368 425
Barrow-in-Furness 243 286*
Bath 343 269
Birkenhead 575 440
Birmingham 4,186 3,564
Blackburn 497 380
Blackpool 452 405
Bolton 822 761
£000's
Between
1971–72 and 1972–73 1972–73 and 1973–74
Bootle 234 414
Bournemouth 506 520
Bradford 1,425 1,314
Brighton 730 350
Bristol 1,764 1,377
Burnely 326 274
Burton-on-Trent 246 328*
Bury 282 267
Canterbury 237 222
Carlisle 344 428*
Chester 287 281
Coventry 1,754 1,587
Darlington 422 320
Derby 1,005 703
Dewsbury 232 288*
Doncaster 498 452
Dudley 687 884*
Eastbourne 228 352*
Exeter 372 308
Gateshead 400 349
Gloucester 369 352
Great Yarmouth 228 167
Grimsby 480 427
Halifax 384 389
Hartlepool 346 545
Hastings 267 241
Huddersfield 1,031 850
Ipswich 517 492
Kingston-upon-Hull 1,301 1,218
Leeds 2,465 2,011
Leicester 1,584 1,431
Lincoln 371 437*
Liverpool 2,457 2,109
Luton 811 939*
Manchester 2,823 2,293
Newcastle upon Tyne 1,092 871
Northampton 809 699*
Norwich 516 498
Nottingham 1,235 1,172
Oldham 412 344
Oxford 636 556
Plymouth 1,119 686
Portsmouth 1,173 907
Preston 501 511
Reading 549 503
Rochdale 492 384
Rotherham 382 455*
St. Helens 456 374
Salford 634 517
Sheffield 2,386 2,088
Solihull 457 466
Southampton 1,195 884
Southend-on-Sea 487 375
Southport 315 283
South Shields 468 411
Stockport 586 475
Stoke-on-Trent 1,086 933
Sunderland 1,031 1,133
Teesside 1,972 1,924
Torbay 284 257
Tynemouth 268 254
Wakefield 262 213
Wallasey 359 306
Walsall 887 726
Warley 619 502
Warrington 284 341*
West Bromwich 660 542
Wigan 463 257
Wolverhampton 1,580 1,196
Worcester 368 355
£000's
Between
1971–72 and 1972–73 1972–73 and 1973–74
York 458 567*
London Boroughs
Barking 1,002 693
Barnet 1,584 2,288†
Bexley 764 452*
Brent 1,080 1,080
Bromley 947 899
Croydon 1,357 1,033
Ealing 1,266 957
Enfield 1,085 -447†
Haringey 712 461
Harrow 748 618
Havering 993 907
Hillingdon 742 743
Hounslow 981 777
Kingston-upon-Thames 761 529
Merton 628 445*
Newham 954 724
Red bridge 609 764
Richmond upon Thames 509 413
Sutton 566 400
Waltham Forest 814 837
ILEA 12,275 9,593
Welsh Counties
Anglesey 216 232
Breconshire 209 176
Caernarvonshire 421 489
Cardiganshire 287 288
Carmarthenshire 602 495
Denbighshire 817 677
Flintshire 823 805
Glamorgan 3,157 3,093
Merioneth 117 102
Monmouthshire 1,474 1,174
Montgomeryshire 204 49
Pembrokeshire 428 376
Radnorshire 74 76
Welsh County Boroughs
Cardiff 1,276 900
Merthyr Tydfil 206 184
Newport (Monmouthshire) 587 590
Swansea 615 664
* Estimated figure, as expenditure returns for 1973–74 were not submitted.
† Results from the transfer to Barnet LEA of the Enfield College of Technology.