HC Deb 26 February 1997 vol 291 cc264-5W
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers in East Sussex retired before the age of 60 years other than for reasons of health or disability in each of the past six years. [17598]

Mrs. Gillan

Teachers from the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special sector in East Sussex, who took premature retirement on grounds other than ill-health or disability from 1990–91 to 1995–96, are shown in the following table.

Financial year 1Number of premature retirements
1990–91 61
1991–92 41
1992–93 47
1993–94 67
1994–95 46
1995–962 58
1 Excludes those last recorded in sixth form colleges.
2 Provisional.