HC Deb 14 March 2002 vol 381 cc1211-2W
15. Kevin Brennan

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what representations she has received from teaching unions about devolving teachers' pay and conditions to the National Assembly for Wales. [40733]

Mr. Timms

My right hon. Friend has received no such representations.

27. Mrs. Brooke

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers are expected to progress up the post-threshold pay spine this academic year. [40748]

Mr. Timms

Progress on the upper pay scale is by performance points awarded by individual schools. Teachers on point one of the upper pay scale since September 2000 become eligible to move to point two from September 2002. The number moving to point two will be determined by the number of performance points schools decide to award.

28. Mr. Syms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent research she has commissioned into the effect of performance-related pay on teachers' morale. [40750]

Mr. Timms

The Department's evaluation of the first round of performance threshold assessment included a MORI survey of teachers in a sample of schools. The results were summarised in the written evidence submitted by the Department to the School Teachers' Review Body in September. This is available on the DFES website: http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/Teachers_Pay_Evidence_STRB_2001 and http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/Teachers_Pay_STRB_Supplementary_Evidence.

Mr. Kidney

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will issue guidance to schools on the advancement of teachers on the upper pay scale. [40749]

Mr. Timms

Progression on the upper pay scale is by performance points awarded by individual schools. Guidance on awarding such points was included in the Department's guidance on teachers' pay and conditions sent to all schools in September.

Mr. Greg Knight

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent meetings she has had with the National Association of Head Teachers to discuss performance-related pay. [40737]

Mr. Timms

I refer the right hon. Member to the reply given earlier today to the hon. Member for Fareham (Mr. Hoban) and my hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham (Ian Lucas) by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, on 14 March 2002,Official Report, column 1003.

19. David Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the cost in 2002–03 of continued funding of performance-related pay for teachers in the county of Leicestershire; and if she will make a statement. [40739]

Mr. Timms

The cost of threshold pay will depend on the number of teachers in Leicestershire assessed as meeting the threshold standards, including applicants currently being assessed. The cost of performance pay points will depend on the number of points Leicestershire schools decide to award.