§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if, where admission limits to infant schools are in excess of multiples of 30, his Department will insist on reduction or increases to admission numbers when agreeing local education authority development plans. [61823]
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 11996–97 Dead or barred 400 400 400 400 400 Ill-health retirement 3,900 4,500 5,100 5,000 5,200 Premature retirement (redundancy) 2,300 3,000 2,400 3,200 3,100 Premature retirement (efficiency)2 5,400 5,400 5,400 5,900 7,900 Not in service—men3,4 3,400 3,100 3,400 2,900 3,100 Not in service—women3,4 14,100 12,300 13,600 11,100 11,000 Total leaving teaching service 29,500 28,700 30,300 28,500 30,700 Going to other teaching service5 4,000 10,300 4,500 5,000 4,400 1 1996–97 figures are provisional 2 The increase in premature retirements on efficiency grounds in 1996–97 was mainly caused by teachers leaving before the changes to the early retirement arrangements in September 1997. 3 Some of the teachers shown as not in service may be in service that is not recorded i.e. in independent schools that are not part of the Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS). 4 A number of the teachers shown as not in service will have taken career breaks and will return to teaching. 5 Going to other service such as short term supply teaching, independent schools (that are part of the TPS) or the further education sector. Only the 1992–93 figures include teachers leaving sixth form colleges. In 1993–94, sixth form colleges left the schools sector, this has distorted the number of teachers apparently leaving the schools sector and moving to another sector in 1993–94. From 1994–95 onwards, teachers leaving sixth form colleges are excluded. Note:
All figures rounded to the nearest hundred