§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what the cost has been of the performance related pay threshold assessment, broken down by(a) pay given to teachers, (b) administration costs paid to CEA including the costs of external assessors and (c) administration costs paid to CfBT, including costs of training for threshold assessment; [38048]
(2) what the cost has been of providing external advisers for the performance management of head teachers in England; [38050]
(3) what the total training cost has been of the performance management system. [38052]
§ Mr. TimmsSince December 2000 the Department has paid about £650 million to local authorities to cover the additional salary costs of teachers passing the threshold. To help with the operation of threshold assessment and performance management we also make £28 million per year available to schools through the Standards Fund.
236WThe Department has a contract with Cambridge Education Associates (CEA) for the provision and deployment of threshold assessors and external advisers to governing bodies on heads' performance. We also have a contract with the Centre for British Teachers (CfBT) for training in threshold assessment and performance management. The value of these contracts depends on the volume and quality of activity. Since January 2000 total CEA contract costs have been around £36.5 million and CfBT costs around £12 million, including the value of investment that will support future activity.