Teachers

HC Deb 08 November 2001 vol 374 cc408-9W

Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her answer of 26 October 2001,Official Report, columns 469–70W, on teacher recruitment, what was the allocation of the recruitment and retention fund, 2000–01 to each local education authority. [12155]

Mr. Timms

A press notice (PN 2001/0191) announcing the details of the fund and the allocations to local education authorities was issued on 2 April 2001. A copy can be found on the departmental website www.dfes.gov.uk.

Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her written answer of 26 October 2001,Official Report, column 461W, on teachers, if she will list the (a) age profile and (b) reasons for leaving of the teachers leaving service in the maintained schools in each of the last four academic years. [12172]

Mr. Timms

Qualified full and part-time regular teachers (headcount) who left service in the maintained schools sector in England are as follows:

	1997–98
Age at end of financial year	Age retirement	Ill-health retirement	Prematur retirement	All retirements	Left for reasons other than retirement
45 to 49	0	800	1 —	800	4,200
50 to 54	0	1,300	5,600	6,900	2,300
55 to 59	0	800	4,500	5,200	800
60 and over	1,900	100	1,100	3,100	300
Total	1,900	3,400	11,200	16,600	22,600
1 less than 50

	1998–99
Age at end of financial year	Age retirement	Ill-health retirement	Premature retirement	All retirements	Left for reasons other than retirement
Less than 25	0	0	0	0	500
25 to 29	0	1 —	0	1 —	4,600
30 to 34	0	1 —	0	1 —	4,000
35 to 39	0	1	0	1 —	2,900
40 to 44	0	200	0	200	3,300
45 to 49	0	600	0	600	4,100
50 to 54	0	1,000	1,300	2,200	2,800
55 to 59	0	500	1,700	2,100	1,100
60 and over	1,900	100	800	2,900	300
Total	1,900	2,300	3,800	8,000	23,700
1 less than 50

	1999–2000
Age at end of financial year	Age retirement	Ill-health retirement	Premature retirement	All retirements	Left for reasons other than retirement
Less than 25	0	0	0	0	500
25 to 29	0	0	0	0	4,700
30 to 34	0	1 —	0	1 —	4,300
35 to 39	0	1 —	0	1 —	3,400
40 to 44	0	100	0	100	3,500
45 to 49	0	500	1 —	500	4,500
50 to 54	0	1,000	1,300	2,200	3,600
55 to 59	0	600	2,000	2,600	1,400
60 and over	2,300	100	900	3,300	300
Total	2,300	2,300	4,300	8,800	26,200
1 less than 50

The totals may not be the sum of the component parts due to rounding.

The most recent data available are for March 2000.

The figures exclude 10 per cent, to 20 per cent, of part-time teachers not included on the Teacher Pension Scheme records.

The reasons for leaving cannot be broken down accurately into any additional categories.

Some teachers who left service will return subsequently.