Standard Spending Assessment (LEAs) (Hansard, 11 February 2002)

§ Mr. Timms

The rankings of each LEA with regard to average teacher salary at 31 March 2000 and primary and secondary SSA per pupil in 2002–03 are as follows. A ranking of 1 denotes highest average salary and highest funding per pupil.

Lea number	LEA name	Average salary rank	SSA pp rank
201	City of London	31	13
202	Camden	3	8
203	Greenwich	10	12
204	Hackney	2	4
205	Hammersmith and Fulham	8	7
206	Islington	11	5
207	Kensington and Chelsea	1	6
208	Lambeth	6	3
209	Lewisham	7	10
210	Southwark	4	9
211	Tower Hamlets	5	2
212	Wandsworth	15	16
213	Westminster	13	11
301	Barking and Dagenham	17	22
302	Barnet	25	30
303	Bexley	33	40
304	Brent	9	17
305	Bromley	21	47
306	Croydon	24	25
307	Ealing	19	19
308	Enfield	23	23
309	Haringey	12	15
310	Harrow	22	31
311	Havering	20	45
312	Hillingdon	32	32
313	Hounslow	26	21
314	Kingston upon Thames	27	46
315	Merton	14	28
316	Newham	16	14
317	Redbridge	28	29
318	Richmond upon Thames	29	63
319	Sutton	30	41
320	Waltham Forest	18	18
330	Birmingham	65	33
331	Coventry	40	70
332	Dudley	110	133
333	Sandwell	113	57
334	Solihull	129	144
335	Walsall	70	92
336	Wolverhampton	53	55
340	Knowsley	137	26
341	Liverpool	45	27

101W

Lea number	LEA name	Average salary rank	SSA pp rank
342	St. Helens	42	95
343	Sefton	72	101
344	Wirral	36	69
350	Bolton	127	103
351	Bury	80	123
352	Manchester¹	150	24
353	Oldham	106	76
354	Rochdale	102	67
355	Salford	149	61
356	Stockport	81	143
357	Tameside	130	104
358	Trafford	71	119
359	Wigan	62	129
370	Barnsley¹	140	100
371	Doncaster	82	77
372	Rotherham	67	112
373	Sheffield¹	96	86
380	Bradford	69	51
381	Calderdale	99	93
382	Kirklees	79	89
383	Leeds	58	98
384	Wakefield	139	120
390	Gateshead	142	85
391	Newcastle upon Tyne	118	43
392	North Tyneside	89	115
393	South Tyneside	55	59
394	Sunderland	104	78
420	Isles of Scilly	39	1
800	Bath and North East Somerset	78	148
801	Bristol, City of	105	80
802	North Somerset	95	138
803	South Gloucestershire	117	150
805	Hartlepool	141	74
806	Middlesbrough	107	37
807	Redcar and Cleveland	144	71
808	Stockton-on-Tees	132	90
810	Kingston Upon Hull, City of	94	48
811	East Riding of Yorkshire	92	130
812	North East Lincolnshire	116	75
813	North Lincolnshire	85	94
815	North Yorkshire	60	118
816	York	112	137
820	Bedfordshire	83	82
821	Luton	35	34
825	Buckinghamshire	73	83
826	Milton Keynes	100	58
830	Derbyshire	57	134
831	Derby	68	79
835	Dorset	108	131
836	Poole	101	145
837	Bournemouth	97	110
840	Durham	135	91
841	Darlington	133	106
845	East Sussex	122	62
846	Brighton and Hove	90	44
850	Hampshire	120	113
851	Portsmouth	119	52
852	Southampton	147	39
855	Leicestershire¹	103	149
856	Leicester	84	38
857	Rutland	37	147
860	Staffordshire	98	142
861	Stoke-on-Trent	121	81
865	Wiltshire	77	128
866	Swindon	148	136
867	Bracknell Forest	51	72
868	Windsor and Maidenhead	34	60
869	West Berkshire	111	107
870	Reading	134	49
871	Slough	66	20
872	Wokingham	54	139
873	Cambridgeshire	128	127
874	Peterborough	136	64
875	Cheshire	114	141
876	Halton	124	54

102W

Lea number	LEA name	Average salary rank	SSA pp rank
877	Warrington	143	146
878	Devon	75	117
879	Plymouth	59	97
880	Torbay	123	105
881	Essex	46	65
882	Southend-on-Sea	44	53
883	Thurrock	48	36
884	Herefordshire	91	111
885	Worcestershire	87	140
886	Kent	56	66
887	Medway	43	73
888	Lancashire	74	109
889	Blackburn with Darwen	76	50
890	Blackpool	145	88
891	Nottinghamshire	38	126
892	Nottingham	125	35
893	Shropshire	49	121
894	Telford and Wrekin	52	96
908	Cornwall	50	99
909	Cumbria	63	114
916	Gloucestershire	126	132
919	Hertfordshire	64	56
921	Isle of Wight	138	42
925	Lincolnshire	88	108
926	Norfolk	61	102
928	Northamptonshire	131	124
929	Northumberland	47	116
931	Oxfordshire	109	84
933	Somerset	41	122
935	Suffolk	86	125
936	Surrey	146	68
937	Warwickshire	115	135
938	West Sussex	93	87
¹ These LEAs have returned data for less than 20 per cent. of their teachers. To estimate average salaries in these authorities, figures from March 1999 were grossed up by 3.9 per cent.