HC Deb 09 July 1998 vol 315 cc621-2W
Mr. Rowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the real rates of increase in each teachers' pay award since 1990. [46938]

Mr. Byers

The following figures show the real increase in teachers' pay, as measured by the GDP deflator, in each financial year in comparison with the previous financial year.

Year Percentage
1990–91 -0.1
1991–92 6.3
1992–93 3.6
1993–94 -1.4
1994–95 1.4
1995–96 -0.1
1996–97 0.1
1997–98 0.4
1998–99 0.6