HC Deb 14 November 2001 vol 374 cc809-10W
Mr. Damian Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will maintain funding for school sixth forms in real terms in 2003–04. [14571]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

[holding answer 13 November 2001]: This Government remain committed to the real terms guarantee for school sixth form funding.

Mr. Luff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills to whom indicative budgets for individual school sixth forms in Worcestershire have been made available; and if she will publish them by 5 November. [12459]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

[holding answer 5 November 2001]: The first provisional allocations for school sixth forms will be notified to LEAs and made public by the Learning

Teacher statutory salaries by whether working in primary or secondary: 1999

Annual statutory pay, excluding bonuses converted to US dollars based on purchasing power parities

Primary Lower secondary Upper secondary
Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum
Australia 25,661 37,502 26,658 37,577 26,658 37,577
Austria 21,804 44,159 22,421 46,735 24,027 54,443
Belgium (FI) 22,901 36,594 23,428 40,017 29,075 40,461
Belgium (Fr) 22,043 35,685 22,561 39,115 28,151 49,581
Czech Republic 6,806 12,103 6,806 12,103 8,052 14,316
Denmark 28,140 32,684 28,140 32,684 29,986 42,672
England 19,999 33,540 19,999 33,540 19,999 33,540
Finland 18,110 25,615 20,394 29,530 21,047 31,325
France 19,761 39,271 21,918 41,537 21,918 41,537
Germany 29,697 38,996 33,196 43,945 35,546 49,445

and Skills Council in December 2001. The baseline data on which the real terms guarantee for sixth forms will be calculated was the subject of consultation between the DfES and local education authorities in August. Schools also received the relevant provisional baseline data on which the Department consulted in early September as part of a guidance pack published by the Learning and Skills Council.