§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) head teachers and (b) university lecturers have left the profession in each of the past five years. [19645]
§ Margaret HodgeThe available data are given in the following tables.
Head teachers leaving1 the maintained school sector in England Heads leaving in year prior to March: Number 1995 1,940 1996 1,900 1997 2,300 1998 2,420 19992 1,490 1 The figures exclude head teachers who remain in the maintained sector but who step down to a lower grade. 2 The effect of the change in the Teachers' Pension Scheme as from 31 August 1997 was that many more teachers (including heads) took early retirement in 1997 than in previous years. In the year prior to March 1999, there was a decrease in the number of heads retiring, and an increase in the number remaining in the sector but stepping down to a lower grade.
Full-time, wholly institutionally financed academic staff1 leaving UK higher education institutions2 Academic year Leavers 1995–96 3,800 1996–97 4,770 1997–98 3,930 1998–99 3,910 1999–2000 3,670
Time series of total research income1 Data are for England only Subject group 1995–96 (£ million) 1996–97 (£ million) 1997–98 (£ million) 1998–99 (£ million) 1999–2000 (£ million) Change in income2 (Percentage) Clinical medicine 463.2 501.0 521.8 562.7 603.6 30.3 Engineering 287.7 298.1 313.8 335.2 338.3 17.6 Sciences 670.1 684.2 737.7 803.9 854.3 27.5 Subjects allied to medicine 130.4 130.6 148.1 165.0 181.2 39.0 Total sciences 1,551.4 1,613.9 1,721.3 1,866.7 1,977.3 27.5 Arts 16.9 20.5 26.8 32.3 38.6 128.9 Education 50.1 50.6 49.0 60.2 62.3 24.4 Humanities 103.2 102.9 107.0 115.3 118.5 14.9 Social sciences 206.2 212.1 224.8 245.9 262.7 27.4 Total arts 376.4 386.1 407.6 453.7 482.2 28.1 Total 1,927.7 2,000.1 2,129.0 2,320.4 2,459.5 27.6 1 External grants and HEFCE funding 21995–96 to 1999–2000 HESA Finance Statistics Returns and planned HEFCE research funding allocations as announced in recurrent grant circulars or as subsequently amended.