§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many full-time teachers in maintained secondary schools in England left full-time service in the maintained sector at or beyond normal retirement age in the year to March 1987;
(2) if, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Crosby of 27 April, Official Report, columns 619–20, he will publish a similar table for the year ended March 1987 showing an analysis by age and sex of leavers below normal retirement age;
(3) if, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Crosby, 13 April, Official Report, columns 630–32, he will publish a similar table for the year ended March 1987 showing full-time teachers in maintained secondary schools leaving full-time service before normal retirement age; and if he will estimate the number of teachers retiring early in that year.
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§ Mr. Kenneth Baker[holding answer 13 June 1989]: Figures for the year ending March 1987 (and also revised and corrected figures for 1984–86) of full-time teachers in maintained secondary schools in England leaving full-time service in the maintained sector are as follows:
Year ending March 1984 1985 1986 1987 All leavers aged 60 or over 1,900 1,800 1,630 1,310 All leavers aged under 60 13,750 15,070 15,750 14,490 Men leavers under 60 of which, number aged: 4,810 5,520 6,080 5,550 less than 30 1,060 1,060 1,200 1,060 30–34 820 900 940 900 35–39 590 730 890 870 40–44 330 440 480 480 45–49 340 360 370 380 50–54 600 780 860 780 55–59 1,070 1,250 1,340 1,080 Women leavers under 60 of which, number aged: 8,950 9,550 9,680 8,940 less than 30 3,140 3,070 2,700 2,370 30–34 2,110 2,200 2,210 2,110 35–39 1,050 1,210 1,410 1,330 40–44 600 680 810 850 45–49 430 520 590 590 50–54 690 810 900 820 55–59 930 1,060 1,060 870 Graduate leavers under 60 of which, number whose degree subject is: 8,050 9,050 9,620 9,110 Mathematics 630 650 750 640 Physics 260 290 310 260 Other sciences 1,250 1,450 1,460 1,330 Geography 480 580 550 550 Economics and other social sciences 670 760 750 690 English 1,160 1,270 1,230 1,060 History 610 690 690 600 Modern languages 1,050 1,170 1,150 970 Other subjects 1,930 2,210 2,720 3,030 Non-graduate leavers under 60 5,710 6,020 6,140 5,370 The figures for leavers under 60 in the years ending March 1986 and 1987 include about 3,800 and 3,100 early retirements respectively.