HC Deb 18 December 2001 vol 377 cc283-4W
Ms Buck

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what information her Department has on the movement in earnings for teachers in inner London in each of the last three years, broken down into(a) earnings for (i) female and (ii) male teachers and (b) teachers in (A) primary and (B) secondary schools; and how these movements compare with (1) London as a whole and (2) England as a whole. [12994]

Mr. Timms

Average salaries of full-time regular teachers in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–2000 (the last year for which data are available) were as follows1,2

1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
Inner London
Nursery and primary
Male 26,270 27,530 28,740
Female 24,680 25,760 26,830
Total 24,940 26,050 27,140
Secondary
Male 27,320 28,550 29,730
Female 26,170 27,330 28,460
Total 26,670 27,860 29,010
London
Nursery and primary
Male 26,140 27,240 28,410
Female 23,940 24,950 25,890
Total 24,270 25,300 26,270
1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
Secondary
Male 26,590 27,740 28,890
Female 25,160 26,150 27,210
Total 25,800 26,850 27,950
England
Nursery and primary
Male 25,140 26,070 27,290
Female 22,200 23,070 24,000
Total 22,690 23,560 24,530
Secondary
Male 25,200 26,160 27,170
Female 23,200 24,090 24,960
Total 24,140 25,060 25,990
1 Provisional data.
2 All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.