HC Deb 31 July 1998 vol 317 cc809-10W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much money has been provided in the budget for his Department set out in the Comprehensive Spending Review for performance related pay for teachers in(a) 2000–01 and (b) 2001–02. [52254]

Ms Estelle Morris

[holding answer 27 July 1998]: The £19 billion additional resources for education announced by my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 12 June to allow for an investment in modernisation. A Green Paper will be published before the end of the year on the Future of the Teaching Profession. Decisions on teachers pay which may result from those consultations will be taken at a later stage.

Mr. Ian Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what advice he will give to the independent review body on teachers' salaries. [54500]

Ms Estelle Morris

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will write in the near future to give the School Teachers' Review Body its remit for the 1999–2000 pay round, and will follow this up with detailed evidence and representations in September. The Review Body's terms of reference will be consistent with those published in Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (1) fuel types and (2) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years 1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2000–01. [49222]

Mr. Mudie

The information provided below is in respect of vehicles owned and leased by the DfEE, its Non Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) and the Employment Service Agency (ES).

Currently 1,316 vehicles owned and 493 vehicles leased, 900 of which are petrol and 909 diesel.

Paper Modern Public Services for Britain (Cm 4011).