§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the ratio of teaching to non-teaching staff employed by the local authorities; and what has been the ratio of teaching to non-teaching costs, in each year since 1965 to the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Dr. BoysonThe following numbers of staff employed by local education authorities in England and Wales have been published in theDepartment of Employment Gazette:
101WThe most meaningful comparison would be that in which both categories are expressed as full-time equivalents. However, factors for converting to full-time equivalents are not available for the whole period and are approximate for the years in which they are. In June 1979 the respective totals of teaching and non-teaching staff expressed as full-time equivalents were approximately 573,000 and 430,000.
The other figures are:
RATIOS OF GROSS TEACHING TO OTHER COSTS Financial year Ratio of teacher salary costs to non-teaching staff salary costs Ratio of teacher salary costs to overall non-teaching costs 1965–66 1:0.21 1:0.88 1966–67 1:0.21 1:0.92 1967–68 1:0.31 1:1.16 1968–69 1:0.32 1:1.20 1969–70 1:0.31 1:1.18 1970–71 1:0.33 1:1.18 1971–72 1:0.34 1:1.36 1972–73 1:0.34 1:1.12 1973–74 1:0.37 1:1.15 1974–75 1:0.33 1:0.93 1975–76 1:0.34 1:0.95 1976–77 1:0.35 1:0.98 1977–78 1:0.35 1:1.03 1978–79 1:0.36 1:1.08