HC Deb 26 November 1996 vol 286 c168W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of the teaching profession in Wales has taken early retirement in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [4939]

Mr. Jonathan Evans

The information requested is shown in the table:

School teachers taking early retirement as a percentage of school teachers in service1
Percentage of teachers taking early retirement
1990–91 2.3
1991–92 1.8
1992–93 1.8
1993–94 2.0
1994–95 2.0
1 Includes grant-maintained and independent school staff who are in the teachers' superannuation scheme (TSS), excludes those returning to non-pensionable occasional service.

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