HC Deb 19 December 2001 vol 377 cc399-402W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers in Buckinghamshire schools left the profession before retirement age in each year since 1992. [20131]

Mr. Timms

Numbers of qualified teachers who have left full or part time regular service in the maintained schools sector in England since 1992, who were under 60 and who were teaching in Buckinghamshire at the time of leaving are as follows:

Financial year of leaving Buckinghamshire Milton Keynes "Old" Buckinghamshire1
1991–92 650
1992–93 540
1993–94 440
1994–95 400
1995–96 510
1996–97 500
1997–98 560
1998–99 320 170 490
1999–20002 310 160 470
1Buckinghamshire LEA was split into Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes LEAs as a result of local government reorganisation in 1998.
2The most recent year for which data are available is 1999–2000. These data are still provisional.

Notes:

1. The figures exclude 10 per cent, to 20 per cent, of part-time teachers not included on the teacher pension scheme records.

2. Some teachers who left service will return after a career break.

3. Leavers include teachers who moved to teach in other countries, or the independent or F/HE sectors, those who were not teaching and not receiving a pension, and those who had left with premature, ill health or actuarially reduced pensions.

Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the annual average staff turnover has been in secondary schools in the last five academic years. [20106]

Mr. Timms

Turnover data are not available for academic years.

The annual average staff turnover of full and part time regular teachers in maintained secondary schools in England in the last five financial years for which data are available are as follows:

Percentage
Year Turnover1
1995–96 15.9
1996–97 16.5
1997–98 18.2
1998–99 15.5
1999–20002 15.9
1 Turnover includes teachers leaving regular service in the English maintained sector and changing schools within the maintained sector. Employers do not always notify details of a teacher moving between schools in their employment and so the overall level of turnover quoted is lower than the true level, which is not known.
2 1999–2000 data are provisional.

Note:

The figures exclude 10 per cent, to 20 per cent, of part-time teachers not included on the teacher pension scheme records.

Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the annual average staff turnover has been in primary schools in the last five academic years. [20107]

Mr. Timms

Turnover data are not available for academic years.

The annual average staff turnover of full and part-time regular teachers in maintained nursery/primary schools in England in the last five financial years for which data are available are as follows:

Percentage
Turnover1
1995–96 14.1
1996–97 13.8
1997–98 15.2
1998–99 13.3
1999–20002 14.2
1Turnover includes teachers leaving regular service in the English maintained sector and changing schools within the maintained sector. Employers do not always notify details of a teacher moving between schools in their employment and so the overall level of turnover quoted is lower than the true level, which is not known.
21999–2000 data are provisional.

The figures exclude 10 per cent, to 20 per cent, of part-time teachers not included on the teacher pension scheme records.

Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many newly qualified teachers who began work in London and the South East have left the profession within the five years since 1997. [20261]

Mr. Timms

Teachers who gained their teaching qualification in England; were in full or part-time regular service in the maintained schools sector in London or the south-east in March of the year after they qualified; and who were not in service in the maintained schools sector in England five years later, are as follows:

Not in service in the maintained sector in England five years after first service
Year of qualification/not in service at Number Percentage
1991
March 1997 1,230 29
1992
March 1998 1,510 31
1993
March 1999 1,610 30
1994
March 20001 1,860 32
1 The most recent year for which data are available is 1999–2000.
These data are still provisional.

The figures exclude 10 per cent, to 20 per cent, of part-time teachers not included on the teacher pension scheme records.

Some teachers who leave service will return after a career break.

Leavers include teachers who moved to teach in other countries, or the independent or FE/HE sectors, those who were not teaching and not receiving a pension, and those who had left with premature, ill health or actuarially reduced pensions.

Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teacher vacancies there are at each(a) primary and (b) secondary school in the Portsmouth, South constituency. [21222]

Mr. Timms

The information is not available in the form requested.

The numbers of full-time vacancies for teachers in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in Portsmouth local authority in January 2001 were as follows:

Number of vacancies
Nursery and primary 20
Secondary 36

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers working in the Buckingham constituency took early retirement under(a) premature and (b) ill-health retirement arrangements in each year since 1997. [23724]

Mr. Timms

The information is not available in the form requested. The numbers of teachers from the maintained schools sector in Buckinghamshire local education authority, who took premature or ill-health retirement, were as follows.

1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–011
Premature 149 58 37 32
Ill-health 23 14 14 10
1 Provisional data

Note:

There were no teachers who took actuarially reduced pensions

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many days on average were lost per teacher due to sickness in each of the last five years(a) nationally and (b) in the Buckingham constituency. [23725]

Mr. Timms

Information for the Buckingham constituency is not collected centrally.

The average number of days of sickness absence taken per teacher in the maintained schools sector in calendar years 1999 and 2000, in the Buckinghamshire local authority area and England were, as follows:

1999 2000
Buckinghamshire 4 5
England1 5 5
1 England figures have been estimated to allow for local authorities that did not make a return. Teacher sickness absence data was not collected centrally before calendar year 1999.