§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many (i) headteachers, (ii) deputy headteachers and (iii) teachers took early retirement on the grounds of ill health in(a) 1995–96 and (b) 1996–97, (1) in total and (2) in each LEA; and if he will make a statement. [6831]
§ Mr. ByersThe table shows the number of teachers in service at 31 March 1995 awarded ill-health retirement in financial year 1995–96 and those awarded ill-health retirement in 1996–97 whose last day of reckonable service was 31 March 1996 or later. The table covers the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special education sector in England.
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Ill-health retirements1 in financial year 1995–96 21996–97 Heads Deputies Classroom teacher Heads Deputies Classroom teacher City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 Camden 0 * 19 * * 14 Greenwich * 0 16 * 0 19 Hackney * * 9 0 0 5 Hammersmith * 0 17 7 * 6 Islington * * 5 * 0 7 Kensington and Chelsea * 0 9 * 0 5 Lambeth 0 0 17 0 * 13 Lewisham * 0 9 * 0 12 Southwark * 0 13 * * 8 Tower Hamlets 0 0 11 0 * 12 Wandsworth 0 * 11 * 0 14 Westminster * * 8 * 0 * Barking * * 8 0 0 8 Barnet * 0 18 * 0 11 Bexley * * 9 * * 12 Brent 0 * 10 * * 10 Bromley 7 0 12 * * 14 Croydon * 0 17 * * 13 Ealing 0 * 11 * * 5 Enfield * 0 16 * * 14 Haringey 6 * 7 * * 22 Harrow 0 * 13 0 0 11 Havering * * 18 * 0 11 Hillingdon 0 * 9 0 * * Hounslow * * 19 0 * 14 Kingston upon Thames * * 13 0 * * Merton * * * * * 6 Newham 0 0 11 0 * 21 Redbridge * 0 7 * 0 * Richmond upon Thames * 0 8 0 0 6
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Ill-health retirements1 in financial year 1995–96 21996–97 Heads Deputies Classroom teacher Heads Deputies Classroom teacher Sutton 0 * 13 * * 13 Waltham Forest * * 19 * * 17 Birmingham 6 9 94 6 * 89 Coventry 0 * 26 0 * 27 Dudley * * 23 * * 23 Sandwell 5 * 22 * * 23 Solihull 0 * 12 * * 20 Walsall * * 29 * * 30 Wolverhampton 0 * 19 * * 28 Knowsley * 0 15 * * 7 Liverpool * * 42 * 11 49 St. Helens * * 13 * 0 18 Sefton * * 25 * * 29 Wirral * * 26 0 * 26 Bolton * * 20 * * 21 Bury * * 17 * * 20 Manchester * * 36 * 5 49 Oldham * * 18 * 0 37 Rochdale 5 * 28 * 0 19 Salford 0 * 21 * * 25 Stockport * * 32 * 6 31 Tameside * * 22 7 * 17 Trafford * * 23 * * 23 Wigan * 5 23 * 5 30 Barnsley 0 5 16 * * 21 Doncaster * * 25 * * 21 Rotherham * * 14 * * 18 Sheffield 6 * 32 * * 41 Bradford 7 5 39 6 5 67 Calderdale * * 20 5 * 18 Kirklees * * 39 5 9 48 Leeds * 6 72 * 6 59 Wakefield 5 * 42 * * 23 Gateshead * * 26 * * 25 Newcastle upon Tyne 0 0 18 * * 26 North Tyneside * * 9 * 0 19 South Tyneside * * 15 0 * 11 Sunderland * * 33 * * 40 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 Former Avon3 12 8 57 10 6 45 Bedfordshire * 5 34 * * 41 Berkshire * * 55 7 9 42 Buckinghamshire 5 * 44 6 * 45 Cambridgeshire * 5 37 5 6 52 Cheshire 12 7 74 15 14 67 Former Cleveland3 5 11 76 * 5 86 Cornwall 12 7 35 15 7 44 Cumbria 5 9 34 * 5 30 Derbyshire 14 9 47 8 5 57 Devon 17 9 78 17 11 69 Dorset 6 0 50 6 * 59 Durham 6 11 85 6 7 67 East Sussex 8 5 37 8 * 50 Essex 9 14 110 12 8 116 Gloucestershire 5 * 32 7 * 40 Hampshire 11 12 129 16 18 132 Hereford and Worcester 12 8 59 14 7 66 Hertfordshire * * 75 12 12 56 Former Humberside3 6 13 86 12 9 123 Isle of Wight * 0 16 0 * 8 Kent 26 11 131 15 13 119 Lancashire 24 20 175 18 15 129 Leicestershire 6 5 73 8 11 52 Lincolnshire 9 * 41 13 * 65 Norfolk 16 11 58 16 5 58 Former North Yorkshire3 7 5 39 7 8 59 Northamptonshire 6 5 68 8 8 44 Northumberland 5 * 26 6 * 16 Nottinghamshire 13 9 78 9 7 77 Oxfordshire * * 47 12 * 39 Shropshire 8 * 28 11 * 33 Somerset 15 6 49 13 5 37 Staffordshire 8 11 115 14 6 83 Suffolk 8 * 52 7 9 44
Ill-health retirements1 in financial year 1995–96 21996–97 Heads Deputies Classroom teacher Heads Deputies Classroom teacher Surrey 7 5 50 9 7 75 Warwickshire 5 * 38 * 7 43 West Sussex 8 * 26 * 5 53 Wiltshire 5 * 38 9 6 44 England 483 381 3,753 520 393 3,778 1 In order to avoid sensitive information about individuals being identified, numberS less than 5 are shown as asterisks. 2 A small number of pensioners, probably less than 100, who retired in 1996–97, entered service after 31 March 1996. 3 Includes the unitary authorities created as a result of Local Government Reorganisation.