§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what funds he has estimated will be required to implement his policy on the promotion of teachers in the next five years. [78813]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe Technical Document on Pay and Performance Management, published on 1 February 1999, indicated that for the two financial years 2000–01 and 2001–02, up to £1 billion is available to support the implementation of the Green Paper, "Teachers: meeting the challenge of change." Much the largest single element of this will be the new pay arrangements. Expenditure plans have not yet been fixed beyond the financial year 2001–02. The implementation of the Green Paper proposals will be one of the issues considered when they are.