Teachers' Salaries (Hansard, 25 November 1992)

§ Mr. Steinberg
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list teachers' salaries as a percentage of average non-manual earnings for each year since 1974.

§ Mr. Forth
The figures are given in the table:

Table 1: Trends in school teachers relative pay 1974–92 Average gross weekly earnings (£) at April each year of full-time men and women workers on adult rates whose pay was not affected by absence.

Teachers £ All non-manual £ Teacher/non-manual ratio

1974 47.0 43.4 108

1975 65.2 56.2 116

1976 81.4 67.5 121

Numbers of students and net institutional expenditure per FTE student in further and higher education¹ 1979–80, 1985–86 and 1989–90

1979–80 1985–86 1989–90

UGC/UFC-funded universities

FTE students (thousands) 266.1 274.2 304.8

Unit funding per FTE student (£ cash terms^{2 3}) 3,215 5,335 6,410

LEA maintained establishments⁴

FTE students (thousands) 735.1 794.1 692.0

Net institutional expenditure per FTE student (£ cash terms²) 1,725 2,590 2,790

PCFC institutions⁴

FTE students (thousands) — — 297.7

Unit funding per FTE student (£ cash terms²) — — 3,910

¹ Territorial coverage is as follows: LEAs and PCFC—England; UGC/UFC—Great Britain.

² Rounded to nearest £5.

³ Includes funding for research.

⁴ Figures reflect the transfer of a number of institutions formerly maintained or assisted by local education authorities to the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council (PCFC) in April 1989.

§ Mr. Betts
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the level of expenditure in 1992–93 on tertiary and further education and those related services to be transferred from local authority responsibility in 1993 by each local authority; and what reduction in standard spending assessment for each local authority will occur in 1993–94 as a result of this transfer of responsibility.
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Teachers £ All non-manual £ Teacher/non-manual ratio

1977 86.2 73.6 117

1978 94.2 82.5 114

1979 98.1 92.2 106

1980 115.5 115.4 100

1981 156.9 133.6 117

1982 159.4 145.7 109

1983 172.2 159.1 108

1984 180.8 172.2 105

1985 191.2 184.6 104

1986 211.0 200.9 105

1987 225.2 217.4 104

1988 259.4 240.7 108

1989 277.7 264.9 105

1990 305.7 291.2 105

1991 349.8 312.5 112

1992 394.2 335.0 118

Source: New Earnings Survey.

Table 1: Trends in school teachers relative pay 1974–92 Average gross weekly earnings (£) at April each year of full-time men and women workers on adult rates whose pay was not affected by absence.
	Teachers £	All non-manual £	Teacher/non-manual ratio
1974	47.0	43.4	108
1975	65.2	56.2	116
1976	81.4	67.5	121

Numbers of students and net institutional expenditure per FTE student in further and higher education¹ 1979–80, 1985–86 and 1989–90
	1979–80	1985–86	1989–90
UGC/UFC-funded universities
FTE students (thousands)	266.1	274.2	304.8
Unit funding per FTE student (£ cash terms^{2 3})	3,215	5,335	6,410
LEA maintained establishments⁴
FTE students (thousands)	735.1	794.1	692.0
Net institutional expenditure per FTE student (£ cash terms²)	1,725	2,590	2,790
PCFC institutions⁴
FTE students (thousands)	—	—	297.7
Unit funding per FTE student (£ cash terms²)	—	—	3,910
¹ Territorial coverage is as follows: LEAs and PCFC—England; UGC/UFC—Great Britain.
² Rounded to nearest £5.
³ Includes funding for research.
⁴ Figures reflect the transfer of a number of institutions formerly maintained or assisted by local education authorities to the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council (PCFC) in April 1989.