§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average percentage change in salary for(a) university academic staff, (b) academic-related staff and (c) vice-chancellors has been for each year since 1993. [162295]
§ Alan JohnsonThe Department does not collect all the information requested. However the Higher Education Statistics Agency, through the "Individualised Staff990W Record" (ISR), collects data that can be used to provide estimates of the earnings growth of academic staff employed by Higher Education Institutions. "Academic staff" are defined in the ISR as those whose primary employment function is teaching, research, or a combination of the two.
The ISR does not allow us to provide earnings data on other groups, such as vice-chancellors and academic-related staff where their primary function is not as stated above. Further, this source can only provide earnings growth data from 1995/96, and is also best used in analysing full-time employees only.
The following table shows the annual percentage change in the average salaries of full-time academic staff from 1995/96 to 2002/03, in real terms (adjusted by the Retail Price Index).
Table: Annual percentage change in the real average salaries of full-time academic staff, 1995/96 to 2002/03
Gender Academic year Female Male 1995/96 -1.2 -1.7 1996/97 2.1 2.4 1997/98 0.4 0.2 1998/99 1.6 2.5 1999/2000 2.1 2.4 2000/01 1.4 1.2 2001/02 1.2 1.0 2002/03 1.8 1.4