§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science to what extent and amount he expects local education authorities to offset the additional cost of the recommended pay increase for school teachers by means of the reduction in employers' contributions for superannuation; to what extent and amount this reduction in employers' contributions for superannuation relates to the employment of school teachers, as against other categories of employees; to what extent and amount this reduction in employers' contributions has been taken into account elsewhere in assumptions for block grant calculations; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ButcherThe effect of the 1.4 per cent. reduction in the cost of employers' contributions to the teachers' superannuation scheme flowing from the report of the Government Actuary will be to reduce the salary bill of local authorities in England by about £100 million, of which the savings in respect of further education lecturers and other teachers not employed to work in schools will be about £15 million. The rate support grant settlement which preceded the Actuary's report assumed savings of about I per cent.