§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the total cost(a) nationally and (b) to each local education authority of teachers' pay increases in (i)1994–95 and (ii) 1996–97. [5792]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe total estimated cost in England and Wales of the teachers' pay increase in 1994–95 was £309 million. The following table illustrates the cost of the award by updating the 1993–94 expenditure recorded by local education authorities in England and Wales for teaching staff salaries in nursery and primary, secondary and special schools by the 1994–95 teachers' pay award of 2.9 per cent. The 1993–94 expenditure figures are the latest available for LEA-maintained schools in England 743W and Wales. The figures in the table take no account of changes in teacher numbers or other factors that affect the teachers' pay bill.
The School Teachers Review Body has not yet recommended a pay award for 1996–97.
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LEA expenditure on teachers' salaries £000 Pre-primary and primary, secondary and special schools 1993–94(actual) 1994–95 increase (2.9per cent.) Corporation of London 378 11 Camden 37,774 1,095 Greenwich 53,751 1,559 Hackney 41,871 1,214 Hammersmith and Fulham 25,087 728 Islington 37,294 1,082 Kensington and Chelsea 15,922 462 Lambeth 39,698 1,151 Lewisham 43,235 1,254 Southwark 38,056 1,104 Tower Hamlets 58,012 1,682 Wandsworth 31,532 914 City of Westminster 30,151 874 Barking 34,487 1,000 Barnet 55,491 1,609 Bexley 40,962 1,188 Brent 39,613 1,149 Bromley 35,283 1,023 Croydon 51,278 1,487 Ealing 46,119 1,337 Enfield 51,873 1,504 Haringey 48,595 1,409 Harrow 38,702 1,122 Havering 41,677 1,209 Hillingdon 26,648 773 Hounslow 46,927 1,361 Kingston upon Thames 21,879 634 Merton 33,279 965 Newham 54,533 1,581 Redbridge 49,548 1,437 Richmond upon Thames 25,724 746 Sutton 22,531 653 Waltham Forest 46,867 1,359 Birmingham 211,785 6,142 Coventry 69,840 2,025 Dudley 55,540 1,611 Sandwell 66,061 1,916 Solihull 41,921 1,216 Walsall 55,669 1,614 Wolverhampton 53,635 1,555 Knowsley 34,935 1,013 Liverpool 104,939 3,043 St. Helens 39,149 1,135 Sefton 57,370 1,664 Wirral 69,278 2,009 Bolton 54,728 1,587 Bury 33,505 972 Manchester 91,541 2,655 Oldham 56,483 1,638 Rochdale 39,389 1,142 Salford 47,64 I 1,382 Stockport 53,551 1,553 Tameside 39,501 1,146 Trafford 36,262 1,052 Wigan 66,655 1,933 Barnsley 41,363 1,200 Doncaster 62,198 1,804 Rotherham 58,540 1,698 Sheffield 92,046 2,669 Bradford 109,072 3,163 Calderdale 37,935 1,100 Kirklees 81,076 2,351
LEA expenditure on teachets' salaries £000 Pre-primary and Primary, secondary and special schools 1993–94 (actual) 1994–95(2.9 per cent.) Leeds 146,072 4,236 Wakefield 63,131 1,831 Gateshead 40,458 1,173 Newcastle upon Tyne 53,518 1,552 North Tyneside 40,501 1,175 South Tyneside 31,493 913 Sunderland 65,654 1,904 Isles of Scilly 608 18 Avon 177,289 5,141 Bedfordshire 105,301 3,054 Berkshire 135,540 3,931 Buckinghamshire 112,209 3,254 Cambridgeshire 103,041 2,988 Cheshire 185,457 5,378 Cleveland 124,442 3,609 Cornwall 86,653 2,513 Cumbria 88,947 2,579 Derbyshire 168,175 4,877 Devon 175,999 5,104 Dorset 98,186 2,847 Durham 120,743 3,502 East Sussex 116,123 3,368 Essex 211,358 6,129 Glouchestershire 74,050 2,147 Hampshire 256,960 7,452 Hereford and Worcester 128,339 3,722 Hertfordshire 186,227 5,401 Humberside 177,122 5,137 Isle of Wight 24,264 704 Kent 227,895 6,609 Lancashire 294,517 8541 Leicestershire 185,004 5,365 Lincolnshire 88,099 2,555 Norfolk 124,807 3,619 North Yorkshire 138,958 4,030 Northamptonshire 109,086 3,163 Northumberland 62,398 1,810 Nottinghamshire 204,137 5,920 Oxfordshire 105,430 3,057 Shropshire 79,422 2,303 Somerset 84,749 2,458 Staffordshire 193,818 5,621 Suffolk 130,118 3,773 Surrey 143,690 4,167 Warwickshire 90,965 2,638 West Sussex 128,568 3,728 Wiltshire 96,340 2,794 Clwyd 79,496 2,305 Dyfed 83,748 2,429 Gwent 89,452 2,594 Gwynedd 52,783 1,531 Mid Glamorgan 126,517 3,669 South Glamorgan 84,294 2,445 West Glamorgan 79,266 2,299 Powys 27,607 801
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the national cost of a 2.5 per cent. increase in teachers pay in 1996–97. [5793]
§ Mr. SquireThe Department is still working on its hest estimate of the teachers' pay bill for 1996–97 for the School Teachers Review Body. On the basis of the estimated pay bill for 1995–96. the cost of a 2.5 per cent. increase in teachers' pay in 1996–97 in England and Wales would he approximately £280 million.