§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what was the average salary of(a) a full-time and (b) a part-time lecturer in (i) the further and (ii) the higher education sector in 1979; [4964]
(2) what was the average salary of (a) a full-time and (b) a part-time lecturer in the higher education sector in each year since 1992; and what was the percentage change on the previous year; [4969]
(3) what was the average salary of (a) a full-time and (b) a part-time lecturer in the further education sector in each year since 1992; and what was the percentage change on the previous year. [4970]
§ Mr. PaiceComprehensive information on the salaries of part-time further and higher education lecturers is not available. Information for full-time lecturers is shown in the table, although, as explained in the footnotes, the figures are not on exactly the same basis for all years.
All of the figures are derived from the "New Earnings Survey", based on a random 1 per cent. sample of employees, and so are subject to sampling variation. Precise significance should not therefore be attached to small year to year changes in the estimated averages.
Moreover year on year changes in the estimated averages are not necessarily a direct reflection of changes in pay rates, but would also be affected by changes over time in the composition of the lecturer populations.
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Average gross weekly pay1 of full-time lecturers in: £ FE colleges and colleges of HE Percentage change from previous year £ Universities and polytechnics Percentage change from previous year April 19792,3 103 149 19923 424 +7 504 +8 1993 453 3+7 526 +4 1994 448 -1 540 +3 1995 449 0 556 +3 1996 452 +1 551 -1 1All figures are derived from the "New Earnings Survey", based on a 1 per cent. random sample of employees. They relate to the average gross weekly pay, including overtime and additions, of full-time employees whose pay was not affected by absence. The timing of the NES data collection may mean however that the figures do not always take account of backdated pay awards. 2 The figures for 1979 are on a different basis from those for later years: they relate to males only; polytechnic lecturers are included with lecturers in FE colleges and colleges of HE (rather than with university lecturers).
3Lecturers in FE colleges and colleges of HE exclude lecturers in sixth form colleges in 1979 and 1992, but include them in subsequent years. This difference in coverage may have affected the estimated percentage change in 1993 for this group.