Teachers' Resignations (Hansard, 29 June 1989)

§ Mr. Straw
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teachers had submitted resignations by 31 May 1989.

§ Mr. Kenneth Baker
This information is not available. The latest data are for the year ending March 1987, when 28,960 teachers left full-time service in the maintained nursery, primary and secondary sector in England. Of
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§ Mrs. Rumbold
The total programme of the Department of Education and Science in 1979 and each subsequent financial year is given in the table below:

Expenditure (outturn)

Financial year £ million

1979–80 8,945

1980–81 10,899

1981–82 11,841

1982–83 12,741

1983–84 13,421

1984–85 13,940

1985–86 14,410

1986–87 15,659

1987–88 17,081

1988–89 ¹18,412

1989–90 ²19,571

¹ Estimated outturn.

² Plans.

Expenditure (outturn)
Financial year	£ million
1979–80	8,945
1980–81	10,899
1981–82	11,841
1982–83	12,741
1983–84	13,421
1984–85	13,940
1985–86	14,410
1986–87	15,659
1987–88	17,081
1988–89	¹18,412
1989–90	²19,571
¹ Estimated outturn.
² Plans.