§ Ms KellyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what recent research his Department has undertaken on salary and employment comparisons between teachers and other professions. [141220]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisMy Department has published research this month by the University of Cambridge on ill health retirement and absenteeism among teachers, which includes comparisons with other professions.
811WPay comparisons are available from a number of sources such as the New Earnings Survey, and these are taken into account as appropriate by the School Teachers' Review Body and by my right hon. Friend in their annual consideration of the level of teachers' pay.
§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list for each local education authority(a) in receipt of area cost adjustment and (b) not in receipt of area cost adjustment, the average teacher salary in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [140518]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisAverage salaries of full-time qualified teachers (including heads and deputy heads) in the maintained schools sector at 31 March of each year 1990 to 1999, by local education authorities, are contained in tables, copies of which have been placed in the Library. Local authorities created by local government reorganisation are shown below their parent authorities.
Reforms of teachers' pay, implemented in full from September 2000, will mean that good teachers will benefit from the new post-threshold pay scale and the new upper pay scale.
§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers are eligible to apply to cross the threshold to the upper pay scale in each of the local education authorities in Berkshire. [140585]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 28 November 2000]: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.