§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money was spent in724W (a) Chesham and Amersham and (b) Buckinghamshire through the Standards Fund in 2001–02 on class size reduction. [85129]
§ Mr. MilibandIn 2001–02 Buckinghamshire local education authority was allocated £2.3 million revenue and £0.8 million capital, to reduce infant class sizes for 5, 6 and 7-year-olds to 30 or fewer. In the constituency of Chesham and Amersham £0.2 million was allocated to schools to meet the limit. I should point out that not all schools have received funding to meet the pledge.
§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of classroom teachers are on the top of the main scale or have progressed through the upper pay spine in(a) Chesham and Amersham and (b) Buckinghamshire. [85127]
§ Mr. MilibandThe following table shows the latest available teacher data for Buckinghamshire. It is too early to provide data on teachers progressing to point two of the upper pay scale. The information is only available at LEA level.
Percentage1 of qualified classroom teachers on point nine of the main pay scale and the post-threshold scale as at 31 March 2001 (provisional)2— Maintained schools sector Buckinghamshire Main scale point 9 24.8 Upper pay scale 35.2 Not known3 4.9 1Percentage is based on all classroom teachers including advanced skills teachers 2The data are provisional and may understate the percentage of teachers who had passed through to the upper pay scales 3Following changes to the pay system in September 2000, an unusually high number of teachers were shown with a spine point of 'not known'. The majority of these teachers are expected to be on either spine point nine or the post-threshold scale