HC Deb 23 July 1999 vol 335 cc689-93W
Mr. Alan Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers took early retirement in each year since 1993. [91931]

Ms Estelle Morris

The following table shows early retirement from the maintained nursery, primary and secondary sector, England and Wales, in financial years 1992–93 to 1998–99.

Mr. Charles Clarke

Information on fixed period exclusions is not held centrally. However, in the autumn, my Department will begin collecting this information for the current school year, 1998–99. Information available on permanent exclusions is shown in the table.

1996–97
Primary Secondary
Borough Total exclusions Percentage Ethnic minorities1 Total exclusions Percentage Ethnic minorities1
City of London 0 0 0 0
Camden 9 44 55 44
Greenwich 17 41 61 51
Hackney 14 71 26 85
Hammersmith and Fulham 17 71 50 64
Islington 12 58 33 70
Kensington and Chelsea 6 50 18 61
Lambeth 7 57 54 83
Lewisham 10 60 43 65
Southwark 18 72 71 69
Tower Hamlets 8 38 52 75
Wandsworth 11 73 66 64
Westminster 6 50 49 65
Barking 18 22 71 14
Barnet 9 22 81 41
Bexley 11 9 48 10
Brent 8 88 89 87
Bromley 6 67 91 15
Croydon 21 38 110 55
Ealing 6 50 83 58
Enfield 6 67 94 39
Haringey 5 80 41 66
Harrow 5 0 54 48
Havering 6 0 50 10
Hillingdon 3 0 57 7
Hounslow 13 38 84 42
Kingston upon Thames 3 67 29 14
Merton 5 20 16 44
Newham 7 43 32 44
Redbridge 3 33 29 55
Richmond upon Thames 5 0 53 19
Sutton 3 67 32 13
Waltham Forest 8 38 92 61
1997–98
Primary Secondary
Borough Total exclusions Percentage Ethnic minorities1 Total exclusions Percentage Ethnic minorities1
City of London 0 0 0 0
Camden 11 36 34 56
Greenwich 8 38 48 38
Hackney 22 77 21 76
Hammersmith and Fulham 12 83 39 59
Islington 8 38 38 55
Kensington and Chelsea 5 80 33 48
Lambeth 15 73 40 85
Lewisham 22 86 50 66
Southwark 15 67 76 78
Tower Hamlets 5 40 39 67
Wandsworth 10 60 59 64
Westminster 3 33 60 68
Barking 9 22 38 16
Barnet 8 38 65 48
Bexley 11 9 59 10
Brent 7 100 90 82
Bromley 10 30 83 17
Croydon 17 41 85 42
Ealing 11 73 71 61
Enfield 10 40 74 47
Haringey 5 0 38 84
Harrow 5 20 50 64
Havering 4 25 66 8
Hillingdon 3 0 52 25
Hounslow 8 13 61 31
Kingston upon Thames 0 0 27 15
Merton 4 0 32 47
Newham 12 50 42 52
Redbridge 5 40 29 62
1997–98
Primary Secondary
Borough Total exclusions Percentage Ethnic minorities1 Total exclusions Percentage Ethnic minorities1
Richmond upon Thames 1 0 53 21
Sutton 6 17 37 14
Waltham Forest 10 50 76 54
1 Ethnic minorities include black Caribbean, black African, black other, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese and any other ethnic group.