§ Sir Peter Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing the cost of teachers' salaries each year since 1978, in England; what is the average increase per teacher each year since that date; and if he will express the expenditure on teachers' salaries as a proportion of total expenditure on primary and secondary education.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe table contains the information. The figures are presented in cash and real terms and they refer to maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in England.
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Total cost of teachers' salaries* Year on year increase per cent. in cost per teacher Teachers salaries as per cent. of total institutional expenditure Per cent. Cash terms £ million Real terms† £ million Cash terms per cent. Real terms† Per cent. 1981–82 4,099 4,780 +14.2 +3.8 70.6 1982–83 4,330 4,719 +6.4 -0.6 70.1 1983–84 4,514 4,708 +5.4 +0.9 69.7 1984–85 4,692 4,692 +5.2 +0.8 69.9 * Total cost consists of teachers' salaries, including allowances, plus the employers' national insurance and superannuation contributions. † The real terms are the cash terms for each year repriced to 1984–85 prices using the Gross Domestic Product (Market Prices) Deflator.