§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers took early retirement under the premature retirement arrangements for teachers in each year since 1990. [17120]
§ Mrs. GillanThe number of teachers granted premature retirement for each year from 1990–91 to 1995–96 is given in the following table.
- 1990–91: 11,692
- 1991–92: 10,287
- 1992–93: 12,214
- 1993–94: 12,233
- 1994–95: 10,608
- 1995–96: 13,055.
1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 Schools 6,908 7,494 8,299 7,725 9,204 FE and Sixth Form Colleges 1,882 3,018 1,822 1,894 2,571 HE Institutions 617 591 745 336 579
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will place in the Library the actuarial basis referred to in her Department's letter about changes to entitlement on redundancy within the teachers pension scheme to the secretary of the teachers panel; and if she will estimate(a) the savings to the scheme costs and (b) the extra social security expenditure implied by the changes she proposes. [16944]
§ Mrs. GillanI have placed in the Library a note by the Government Actuary, setting out the method of calculation of the actuarial factors which were referred to in the Department's letter of 17 December 1996 to the secretary of the teachers' panel. The Government Actuary