§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total cost of performance-related pay is to date, divided between(a) payments to staff and (b) administration costs; how many teachers have received performance-related pay; how many teachers who applied for performance-related pay failed to meet the necessary criteria; and if she will make a statement. [11486]
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Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals in grammar schools and other maintained secondary school by government office region—January 2001 Grammar schools Other maintained secondary schools Number of schools Day pupils Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals Number of schools Day pupils Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals England 159 141,478 3,393 2.4 3,322 3,085,495 506,283 16.4 North East Darlington 0 0 0 0.0 7 6,009 949 15.8 Durham 0 0 0 0.0 36 32,158 5,762 17.9 Gateshead 0 0 0 0.0 10 12,043 2,606 21.6 Hartlepool 0 0 0 0.0 6 6,679 1,726 25.8 Middlesbrough 0 0 0 0.0 11 8,572 3,070 35.8 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0 0 0 0.0 21 18,071 4,573 25.3 North Tyneside 0 0 0 0.0 20 14,174 2,498 17.6 Northumberland 0 0 0 0.0 60 30,478 3,693 12.1 Redcar and Cleveland 0 0 0 0.0 13 10,352 2,361 22.8 South Tyneside 0 0 0 0.0 11 10,508 2,535 24.1 Stockton-on-Tees 0 0 0 0.0 13 12,793 2,557 20.0 Sunderland 0 0 0 0.0 17 10,837 5,956 30.0 North West Blackburn with Darwen 0 0 0 0.0 9 9,501 2,469 26.0 Blackpool 0 0 0 0.0 8 7,824 1,721 22.0 Bolton 0 0 0 0.0 16 19,145 2,973 15.5 Bury 0 0 0 0.0 14 11,731 1.754 15.0 Cheshire 0 0 0 0.0 45 46,239 4,605 11.0 Cumbria 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Halton 0 0 0 0.0 9 8,688 2.083 24.0 Knowsley 0 0 0 0.0 11 10,240 4.612 45.0 Lancashire 4 3,995 117 2.9 85 70,819 11,065 15.6 Liverpool 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Manchester 0 0 0 0.0 23 23.477 10,286 43.8 Oldham 0 0 0 0.0 15 16,825 3,693 21.9 Rochdale 0 0 0 0.0 14 14,154 3,565 25.2
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 5 November 2001]: Over 200,000 teachers in England applied to cross the performance threshold in the first round, some 80 per cent. of those who were eligible to apply. Of these, nearly 195,000 were assessed as meeting the threshold standards and are now receiving over £400 million per year in associated pay increases.
The Department has contracts with Cambridge Education Associates (CEA) for the provision of threshold assessors and external advisers to governing bodies on heads' performance and with the Centre for British Teachers (CfBT) for training in threshold assessment and performance management. For the first round CEA contract costs have been around £22 to £24 million and CfBT contract costs about £12 to £14 million.