§ Mr. GillTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will require teachers in receipt of salaries in excess of point 9 on the Standard Pay Scale to submit themselves for assessment for threshold payments as a requirement of maintaining their existing salary levels. [106154]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisWe have no plans to compel teachers to apply for the threshold—teachers will be able to choose to apply on a voluntary basis. We said in the Technical Consultation Document on teachers' pay reform that no serving teacher would lose out on existing salary entitlements as a result of our proposals. We have proposed to the School Teachers' Review Body that teachers who are successful at the threshold should receive a salary increase of up to £2,000.
§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers are in the salary bands(a) less than £10,000, (b) £10,000 to £12,500, (c) £12,500 to £15,000, (d) £15,000 to £17,500, (e) £17,500 to £20,000, (f) £20,000 to £22,500, (g) £22,500 to £25,000, (h) £25,000 to £30,000, (i) £30,000 to £35,000, (j) £35,000 to £40,000, (k) £40,000 to £45,000, (l) £45,000 to £50,000, (m) £50,000 to £55,000, (n) £55,000 to £60,000 and (o) more than £60,000. [106048]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe table shows full and part-time teachers in the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special sector in England and Wales for whom data have been provided to the Teachers' Pension Scheme, by salary bands at 31 March 19981.
Salary bands Full-time Part-time 2 £l2,500–14,999 15,100 1,000 £15,000–17,499 40,600 2,500 £17,500–19,999 24,100 2,700 £20,000–22,499 68,300 30,800 £22,500–24,999 95,100 11,300 £25,000–29,999 85,100 2,400 £30,000–34,999 25,300 100 £35,000–39,999 5,400 3— £40,000–44,999 2,000 0 £45,000–49,999 1,000 0 £50,000–54,999 600 0 £55,000–59,999 200 0 £60,000 and over 3— 0 Total 362,700 50,800 1 All figures are rounded to the nearest 100 2 Salaries for part-time teachers are shown as the full-time equivalent 3 = less than 50 teachers