§ Mr. Nigel EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many enhancement years have been added to the pensions of teachers taking early retirement in(a) Lancashire and (b) England and Wales since 1989. [19052]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThis information is not readily available. I will write to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Nigel EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many(a) headmasters and (b) other teaching staff including deputy headmasters have taken early retirement due to ill health each year since 1989 in(i) Lancashire and (ii) England and Wales. [19055]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe table shows the number of members of the teachers' superannuation scheme who retired on the grounds of ill health for the financial years 1989–90 to 1993–94. This includes some lecturers in further and higher education and some teachers in independent schools as well as maintained school teachers.
Head Teachers Financial Year Lancashire England and Wales 1989–90 9 379 1990–91 14 439 1991–92 14 418 1992–93 16 416 1993–94 24 531
All other teaching staff Financial Year Lancashire England and Wales 1989–90 104 3,813 1990–91 174 4,499 1991–92 149 4,244 1992–93 150 4,481 1993–94 198 5,004
§ Mrs. GormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the expenditure in each local authority on early retirement compensation in each year since 1990–91 for which information is available(a) in total and (b) per pupil. [19700]
§ Mr. Robin SquireTotal expenditure and expenditure per pupil on premature retirement compensation and Crombie payments as recorded by each local education authority for the years 1990–91 to 1993–94 is shown in the table. The expenditure figures include payments made to further and higher education lecturers and to teachers at sixth form colleges and grant-maintained schools who were granted premature retirement by the LEA. It is not possible to separate out these costs. The pupil numbers used in the calculations are for all LEA maintained schools: they exclude sixth form colleges.
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Compensation Payments (£000) Compensation Costs per Pupil (£) LEA 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1 1993–94 provisional 1991 1992 1993 1994 Lambeth 0 0 134 0 0.00 0.00 5.20 0.00 Lewisham 0 0 0 449 0.00 0.00 0.00 14.03 Southwark 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Tower Hamlets 0 0 403 n/a 0.00 0.00 12.33 n/a Wandsworth 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Westminster 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Barking 605 290 751 601 25.56 11.74 29.60 23.09 Barnet 1,344 1,425 1,475 1,579 34.14 35.39 36.98 46.57 Bexley 0 0 0 n/a 0.00 0.00 0.00 n/a Brent 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Bromley 981 586 551 557 28.63 19.42 21.20 19.78 Croydon 248 630 474 443 6.23 15.90 11.63 11.59 Ealing 861 479 636 1,077 21.89 12.09 18.54 32.97 Enfield 0 0 705 0 0.00 0.00 17.13 0.00 Haringey 474 541 583 612 17.56 19.36 20.27 20.67 Harrow 353 534 397 n/a 13.37 19.94 14.54 n/a Havering 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hillingdon 0 1 0 n/a 0.00 0.04 0.00 n/a Hounslow 11 208 253 349 0.34 6.30 7.49 10.77 Kingston upon Thames 304 358 454 428 17.26 19.80 25.72 26.98 Merton 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Newham 769 269 364 440 20.12 7.00 9.20 10.93 Redbridge 288 387 405 n/a 9.11 11.74 11.77 n/a Richmond upon Thames 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Sutton 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Waltham Forest 324 5 13 n/a 10.61 0.17 0.42 n/a Birmingham 3,422 3,947 5,443 4,911 20.36 23.44 31.83 30.11 Coventry 12 2,982 2,137 450 0.25 61.19 43.20 9.02 Dudley 884 851 791 995 19.85 18.98 17.35 22.94 Sandwell 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Solihull 0 0 553 n/a 0.00 0.00 16.97 n/a Walsall 0 643 1,567 676 0.00 13.43 33.82 15.71 Wolverhampton 94 195 326 73 2.34 4.96 8.01 1.80 Knowsley 0 957 945 1,132 0.00 34.31 33.48 40.44 Liverpool 2,727 3,780 3,058 n/a 34.31 47.01 37.50 n/a St. Helens 953 1,126 2,061 n/a 32.06 37.98 69.39 n/a Sefton 1,496 1,536 0 n/a 32.97 33.53 0.00 n/a Wirral 231 182 97 28 4.45 3.48 1.82 0.54 Bolton 898 1,022 1,122 n/a 20.78 23.49 25.71 n/a Bury 848 1,031 1,064 n/a 32.30 38.67 38.93 n/a Manchester 2,144 2,815 4,400 4,559 31.28 40.43 62.40 64.40 Oldham 0 0 0 n/a 0.00 0.00 0.00 n/a Rochdale 469 493 806 768 13.40 14.10 22.87 22.57 Salford 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Stockport 512 447 547 677 12.59 11.07 13.23 16.10 Tameside 0 0 933 n/a 0.00 0.00 26.07 n/a Trafford 0 0 0 569 0.00 0.00 0.00 19.07 Wigan 1,377 1,681 1,999 2,269 27.81 33.96 40.02 44.82 Barnsley 200 532 35 n/a 5.94 15.79 1.02 n/a Doncaster 0 379 0 1,583 0.00 7.47 0.00 30.42 Rotherham 203 271 0 0 4.80 6.36 0.00 0.00 Sheffield 40 0 0 0 0.57 0.00 0.00 0.00 Bradford 1,354 1,153 2,860 2,863 16.00 13.56 32.88 34.33 Calderdale 453 0 0 0 14.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 Kirklees 275 1,465 838 397 4.59 24.27 13.76 6.35 Leeds 0 0 3 3,128 0.00 0.00 0.03 27.67 Wakefield 1,228 1,389 1,924 n/a 24.82 27.74 37.76 n/a Gateshead 0 44 73 848 0.00 1.46 2.40 27.75 Newcastle upon Tyne 305 1,261 1,608 2,776 7.65 31.31 39.60 68.12 North Tyneside 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 South Tyneside 0 0 0 n/a 0.00 0.00 0.00 n/a Sunderland 364 470 397 0 7.35 9.43 7.84 0.00 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Avon 0 0 747 1,347 0.00 0.00 5.52 9.81 Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Berkshire 704 812 779 890 6.57 7.83 7.61 8.60 Buckinghamshire 249 265 1,105 1,454 2.65 2.81 11.63 16.14 Cambridgeshire 899 1,447 1,705 834 9.24 14.69 18.14 9.87 Cheshire 191 124 1,874 940 1.27 0.82 12.23 6.14 Cleveland 1,328 1,720 1,761 1,901 13.24 16.95 17.22 18.43 Cornwall 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Cumbria 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Compensation Payments (£000) Compensation Costs per Pupil (£) LEA 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1 1993–94 provisional 1991 1992 1993 1994 Derbyshire 1,320 1,556 696 2,425 9.47 11.10 4.98 18.86 Devon 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Dorset 782 1,183 1,443 1,402 9.54 14.51 18.00 17.83 Durham n/a 0 0 0 n/a 0.00 0.00 0.00 East Sussex 547 877 1,039 2,044 6.77 10.62 12.20 23.22 Essex 1,915 1,945 2,066 2,662 8.87 9.11 10.74 18.18 Gloucestershire 1,567 2,150 0 0 21.86 29.71 0.00 0.00 Hampshire 1,862 2,215 2,750 2,720 9.19 10.93 13.51 13.51 Hereford and Worcester 0 264 0 n/a 0.00 2.78 0.00 n/a Hertfordshire 453 1,734 1,769 n/a 3.09 11.86 12.02 n/a Humberside 726 759 854 0 5.26 5.45 6.02 0.00 Isle of Wight 94 108 124 134 5.42 6.17 6.97 7.46 Kent 314 151 223 n/a 1.42 0.71 1.10 n/a Lancashire 4,374 4,804 5,193 4,781 20.70 22.79 24.36 22.29 Leicestershire 1,267 2,075 2,275 1,701 9.31 15.11 16.35 12.30 Lincolnshire 968 148 126 110 11.91 1.90 1.74 1.65 Norfolk 1,200 196 0 0 12.00 1.95 0.00 0.00 North Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Northamptonshire 111 128 494 313 1.19 1.40 5.69 3.66 Northumberland 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Nottinghamshire 1,066 2,295 0 0 7.01 14.96 0.00 0.00 Oxfordshire 1,389 1,585 1,586 1,694 18.92 21.24 20.84 21.61 Shropshire 16 19 18 13 0.27 0.32 0.30 0.22 Somerset 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Staffordshire 2,715 3,214 3,987 3,814 16.99 19.83 24.28 23.38 Suffolk 14 156 0 1,112 0.16 1.73 0.00 11.92 Surrey 0 0 2,791 4,040 0.00 0.00 25.68 37.43 Warwickshire 922 1,269 1,428 1,395 13.02 18.14 20.60 20.30 West Sussex 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Wiltshire 0 0 872 0 0.00 0.00 10.94 0.00 England total 54,044 69,564 80,991 n/a 1 Provisional n/a—data not yet available.
§ Mr. Nigel EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the total cost, for each year since 1989, to the Lancashire ratepayers of the enhancements and pensions paid to retired or retiring headmasters and teachers. [19054]
§ Mr. Robin SquireExpenditure on premature retirement compensation and Crombie payments are recorded by Lancashire LEA for the years 1989–90 to 1993–94 is shown in the table. The figures include payments made to further and higher education lecturers and to teachers at sixth form colleges and grant-maintained schools who were granted premature retirement by the LEA. It is not possible to separate out these costs.
£000 1989–90 3,377 1990–91 4,374 1991–92 4,804 1992–93 5,193 1993–941 4,781 1 Provisional.