§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the starting salary for honours graduates qualifying as newly qualified teachers, in each year from 1974, at 2000 prices. [143633]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 20 December 2000]: The figures in the following table are at 1999–2000 prices, calculated using the GDP deflator. The figure for 2000 has been uprated using the forecast GDP deflator for 2000–01 of 102.0. For some years, more than one salary is shown. This is where salary increases were staged, or where further increases were awarded. The first figure relates to the salary as at 1 April, except the first 1980 figure which relates to 1 January, and the second relates to the higher salary introduced later in the same year, usually 1 December. The GDP deflator relating to the financial year in which a pay award became effective has been used to calculate the real terms figures.
Relative values of graduate starting pay—1974 to 2000 £ Year Cash value of starting pay for honours graduates Converted to 1999–2000 prices using GDP deflator 1974 2,103 12,458 1975 2,655 12,556 1976 2,967 12,349 1977 2,655 11,359 1978 3,408 11,245 1979 3,714 10,493 1980 4,551 10,877 4,974 11,888 1981 5,346 11,670 1982 5,667 11,570 1983 5,949 11,613 1984 6,252 11,602 1985 6,684 11,778 1986 7,302 12,479 1987 8,499 13,790 1988 8,859 13,464 1989 9,390 13,311 1990 10,047 13,210 10,503 13,810 1991 11,292 13,988 11,502 14,248 1992 12,366 14,834 1993 12,432 14,528 12,633 14,763 1994 12,999 14,980 1995 13,350 14,955 1996 13,866 15,049 14,001 15,195 1997 14,280 15,071 14,463 15,264 1998 14,751 15,126 15,012 15,393 1999 15,537 15,537 2000 16,050 15,735