HC Deb 28 March 1995 vol 257 cc585-6W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average salary paid to a teacher in Scotland and the average salary paid to a teacher in Scotland as a percentage of average non-manual earnings for each year since 1979. [16320]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 27 March 1995]: The information requested is as follows:

Average salary of teachers in Scotland Percentage of average male non-manual earnings in Scotland
1979–80 5,602 95.3
1980–81 7,435 102
1981–82 8,390 99
1982–83 8,996 96
1983–84 9,620 94
1984–85 10,117 93
1987–88 13,649 102
1988–89 15,333 105
1989–90 16,409 105
1990–91 17,937 105
1991–92 19,611 108
1992–93 21,018 107

Intensive care beds1: by health board area of treatment: years ending 31 March
Intensive Therapy Unit 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Scotland 125 136 137 142 159 166 168 166
Argyll and Clyde 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Ayrshire and Arran 5 5 5 5 7 10 8 6
Borders
Dumfries and Galloway 2 8 8 8 8
Fife
Forth Valley 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Grampian 6 6 6 6 6 10 11 11
Greater Glasgow 65 72 72 74 80 81 81 81
Highland 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Lanarkshire 13 15 15 16 19 19 20 19
Lothian 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 12
Orkney
Shetland
Tayside 11 13 14 14 14 15 15 15
Western Isles

Intensive Therapy Unit 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Scotland 166 166 182 189 198 219 230 250
Argyll and Clyde 3 1 4 7 12
Ayrshire and Arran 8 6 6 6 6 7 8 8

Figures for 1985–86 are not available due to teachers' industrial action. Information for years subsequent to 1992–93 is not yet available.