§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his policy on whether teachers being paid at an unqualified rate can have the appropriate increase in their pay backdated once the education authority has received notification of qualified teacher status.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerUnder existing regulations that cannot be done. The matter is under consideration and I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Table 1 Allocations for LEA prescribed expenditure 1983–84 to 1987–88 1983–84 (£000's) 1984–85 (£000's) 1985–86 (£000's) 1986–87 (£000's) 1987–88 (£000's) Barking 2,928 1,442 947 1,135 806 Barnet 1,538 2,453 2,612 1,621 1,744 Bexley 1,633 845 504 715 1,641 Brent 1,180 1,678 891 1,589 2,514 Bromley 841 492 628 1,747 1,618 Croydon 800 1,227 2,170 2,784 2,428 Ealing 693 1,347 2,451 2,154 2,147 Enfield 311 576 966 706 1,222 Haringey 1,597 1,090 895 797 1,121 Harrow 305 523 299 4,078 2,952 Havering 299 216 334 395 393 Hillingdon 896 1,068 521 306 1,059 Hounslow 2,611 3,063 1,566 668 1,255 Kingston-upon-Thames 2,270 1,330 2,131 1,806 1,683 Merton 408 993 2,277 1,203 1,054 Newham 2,084 2,039 2,558 1,271 1,165 Redbridge 872 1,006 1,330 1,149 1,761 Richmond-upon-Thames 557 735 379 249 115 Sutton 266 451 474 329 247 Waltham forest 1,624 889 985 2,184 2,585 Inner London 9,683 9,703 15,080 12,575 14,957 Birmingham 5,220 6,484 3,695 5,016 3,860 Coventry 3,478 2,919 3,094 5,396 5,709 Dudley 3,950 3,516 2,671 2,012 1,329 Sandwell 1,436 1,705 1,914 1,203 576 Solihull 356 723 642 1,295 500 Walsall 1,340 1,026 1,329 1,119 824 Wolverhampton 2,269 2,375 2,047 1,418 1,932 Knowsley 665 895 973 1,483 1,108 Liverpool 3,768 4,243 4,870 2,904 1,885 St Helens 2,384 2,111 1,827 772 855 Sefton 578 824 1,671 2,667 1,790 Wirral 2,403 2,117 766 1,402 1,316 Bolton 2,047 1,536 570 576 645 Bury 982 1,030 803 882 320 Manchester 4,349 6,997 7,450 6,501 8,968 Oldham 780 968 1,014 1,428 2,799 Rochdale 1,174 1,452 1,802 2,163 2,220 Salford 1,038 822 1,551 1,625 1,882 Stockport 1,067 1,770 1,411 1,453 1,243