§ Mr. TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information is available to his Department as to the assumptions made by local education authorities concerning employers' superannuation contributions for teachers in drawing up their budgets for 1989–90; how many authorities are known to have536W made no adjustment at that time for the reduction in contribution rates taken into account in the block grant settlement; if he will estimate the number of authorities likely to have (a) 1.4 per cent. and (b) 0.4 per cent. reductions in superannuation contributions in hand to offset the underfunding of the school teachers' pay rise for 1989–90; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ButcherThe local authority settlement for 1989–90, which preceded the report of the Government actuary assumed savings of about 1 per cent. in employers' contributions to the teachers' superannuation scheme. We do not know how many authorities took the 1 per cent. savings into account in drawing up their budgets for 1989–90. Following the actuary's report authorities generally were able to take into account the additional saving of 0.4 per cent.