§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table setting out the average salaries of school teachers over the period 1974 to 1986 in cash and constant prices, showing each year's average salary in constant prices in terms comparable to 1979.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe following table sets out this information. The comparison with 1979 is given both as a percentage difference, and as a cash difference at April 1986 prices.
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Year† (I) £ Cash Prices (II) £ Constant (April 1986) Prices (III) Percentage difference in real salary from an April 1979 base (IV) £ Extra cash as compared with April 1979 (All figures at April 1986 prices) (V) RPI‡ April 1974 = 100 April 1983 9,120 10,570 + 9 + 880 313.4 April 1984 9,650 10,630 + 10 + 940 329.6 April 1985 10,390 10,710 + 11 + 1,020 352.4 April 1986 ||11,150 11,150 + 15 + 1,460 363.1 * All cash figures have been rounded to the nearest £10, and percentages to the nearest whole number. † For the purpose of the estimated average salaries all increases have been attributed to the April of the calendar year in which they occurred (for example, the January and September instalments of the Clegg award in 1980 are included in the April 1980 figure). ‡ All items. ||The April 1986 figure is an estimate.