§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the cost of teachers' salaries in each year since 1978–79 and the proportion they were to total expenditure on education in each year.
§ Mr. DunnThe expenditure since 1979 by local education authorities in England on the salaries of school teachers as a proportion of finer total net expenditure on schools is as follows:—
Expenditure on teachers' salaries (£ million cash)* Total net Expenditure on Schools (£ million cash) Column (a) as percentage of Column (b) (per cent.) (a) (b) (c) 1978–79 2,709 4,553 59.5 1979–80 3,066 5,205 58.9 1980–81 3,880 6,371 60.9 1981–82 4,302 6,972 61.7 1982–83 4,550 7,374 61.7 1983–84† 14,760 7,676 62.0 * Expenditure on teachers' salaries includes employers' contribution towards national insurance and superannuation. † The 1983–84 figures are provisional, pending the receipt from all local education authorities of expenditure data for that year.