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Teachers' Pay

Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the total cost (a) nationally and (b) to each local education authority of teachers' pay increases in (i) 1994-95 and (ii) 1996-97. [5792]

Mr. Robin Squire: The total estimated cost in England and Wales of the teachers' pay increase in 1994-95 was £309 million. The following table illustrates the cost of the award by updating the 1993-94 expenditure recorded by local education authorities in England and Wales for teaching staff salaries in nursery and primary, secondary and special schools by the 1994-95 teachers' pay award of 2.9 per cent. The 1993-94 expenditure figures are the latest available for LEA-maintained schools in England

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and Wales. The figures in the table take no account of changes in teacher numbers or other factors that affect the teachers' pay bill.

The School Teachers Review Body has not yet recommended a pay award for 1996-97.

LEA expenditure on teachers' salaries £000

Pre-primary and primary, secondary and special schools	1993-94 (actual)	1994-95 increase (2.9 per cent.)
Corporation of London	378	11
Camden	37,774	1,095
Greenwich	53,751	1,559
Hackney	41,871	1,214
Hammersmith and Fulham	25,087	728
Islington	37,294	1,082
Kensington and Chelsea	15,922	462
Lambeth	39,698	1,151
Lewisham	43,235	1,254
Southwark	38,056	1,104
Tower Hamlets	58,012	1,682
Wandsworth	31,532	914
City of Westminster	30,151	874
Barking	34,487	1,000
Barnet	55,491	1,609
Bexley	40,962	1,188
Brent	39,613	1,149
Bromley	35,283	1,023
Croydon	51,278	1,487
Ealing	46,119	1,337
Enfield	51,873	1,504
Haringey	48,595	1,409
Harrow	38,702	1,122
Havering	41,677	1,209
Hillingdon	26,648	773
Hounslow	46,927	1,361
Kingston upon Thames	21,879	634
Merton	33,279	965
Newham	54,533	1,581
Redbridge	49,548	1,437
Richmond upon Thames	25,724	746
Sutton	22,531	653
Waltham Forest	46,867	1,359
Birmingham	211,785	6,142
Coventry	69,840	2,025
Dudley	55,540	1.611
Sandwell	66,061	1,916
Solihull	41,921	1,216
Walsall	55,669	1,614
Wolverhampton	53,635	1,555
Knowsley	34,935	1,013
Liverpool	104,939	3,043
St. Helens	39,149	1,135
Sefton	57,370	1,664
Wirral	69,278	2,009
Bolton	54,728	1,587
Bury	33,505	972
Manchester	91,541	2,655
Oldham	56,483	1,638
Rochdale	39,389	1,142
Salford	47,641	1,382
Stockport	53,551	1,553
Tameside	39,501	1,146
Trafford	36,262	1,052
Wigan	66,655	1,933
Barnsley	41,363	1,200
Doncaster	62,198	1,804
Rotherham	58,540	1,698
Sheffield	92,046	2,669
Bradford	109,072	3,163
Calderdale	37,935	1,100
Kirklees	81,076	2,351
Leeds	146,072	4,236
Wakefield	63,131	1,831
Gateshead	40,458	1,173
Newcastle upon Tyne	53,518	1,552
North Tyneside	40,501	1,175
South Tyneside	31,493	913
Sunderland	65,654	1,904
Isles of Scilly	608	18
Avon	177,289	5,141
Bedfordshire	105,301	3,054
Berkshire	135,540	3,931
Buckinghamshire	112,209	3,254
Cambridgeshire	103,041	2,988
Cheshire	185,457	5,378
Cleveland	124,442	3,609
Cornwall	86,653	2,513
Cumbria	88,947	2,579
Derbyshire	168,175	4,877
Devon	175,999	5,104
Dorset	98,186	2,847
Durham	120,743	3,502
East Sussex	116,123	3,368
Essex	211,358	6,129
Glouchestershire	74,050	2,147
Hampshire	256,960	7,452
Hereford and Worcester	128,339	3,722
Hertfordshire	186,227	5,401
Humberside	177,122	5,137
Isle of Wight	24,264	704
Kent	227,895	6,609
Lancashire	294,517	8541
Leicestershire	185,004	5,365
Lincolnshire	88,099	2,555
Norfolk	124,807	3,619
North Yorkshire	138,958	4,030
Northamptonshire	109,086	3,163
Northumberland	62,398	1,810
Nottinghamshire	204,137	5,920
Oxfordshire	105,430	3,057
Shropshire	79,422	2,303
Somerset	84,749	2,458
Staffordshire	193,818	5,621
Suffolk	130,118	3,773
Surrey	143,690	4,167
Warwickshire	90,965	2,638
West Sussex	128,568	3,728
Wiltshire	96,340	2,794
Clwyd	79,496	2,305
Dyfed	83,748	2,429
Gwent	89,452	2,594
Gwynedd	52,783	1,531
Mid Glamorgan	126,517	3,669
South Glamorgan	84,294	2,445
West Glamorgan	79,266	2,299
Powys	27,607	801

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Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the national cost of a 2.5 per cent. increase in teachers' pay in 1996-97. [5793]

Mr. Squire: The Department is still working on its best estimate of the teachers' pay bill for 1996-97 for the School Teachers Review Body. On the basis of the estimated pay bill for 1995-96, the cost of a 2.5 per cent. increase in teachers' pay in 1996-97 in England and Wales would be approximately £280 million.

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Local Education Authority Expenditure

Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the average amount of money spent by her Department on a pupil in a public sector school at (a) primary and (b) secondary level for each academic year since 1981. [5795]

Mr. Robin Squire: The following table shows in both cash and 1993-94 prices, the net institutional expenditure per pupil in local education authority-maintained (a) pre-primary and primary and (b) secondary schools, in each financial year between 1981-82 and 1993-94, the latest year for which outturn figures are available. These figures are available only in financial years.

National Unit Costs Pre-Primary and Secondary Schools Net Institutional Expenditure

	Pre-primary and primary		Secondary
	Cash terms	1993-94 prices	Cash terms	1993-94 prices
Year	£	£	£	£
1981-82	621	1,174	865	1,635
1982-83	682	1,203	942	1,662
1983-84	732	1,234	1,014	1,710
1984-85	767	1,232	1,086	1,744
1985-86	817	1,244	1,177	1,792
1986-87	905	1,337	1,340	1,980
1987-88	1,006	1,411	1,517	2,128
1988-89	1,101	1,448	1,692	2,225
1989-90	1,210	1,487	1,852	2,276
1990-91	1,339	1,524	2,015	2,293
1991-92	1,468	1,572	2,147	2,300
1992-93	1,583	1,629	2,256	2,322
1993-94	1,630	1,630	2,245	2,245

City Technology Colleges

Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many independent schools excluding city technology colleges are operating in the current academic year in England. [5825]

Mrs. Gillan: There are currently 2,272 independent schools registered by the Department, excluding city technology colleges.

Conductive Education

Mr. Mallon: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans there are to make conductive education available for children whose parents choose it. [5834]

Mrs. Gillan: Responsibility for providing for children with special educational needs rests with local education authorities. For those children whose needs cannot be met within the ordinary resources of a mainstream school, LEAs will maintain statements of SEN, drawn up in consultation with parents. Where a child's statement specifies conductive education, the LEA has a duty to secure its provision.

Mr. Mallon: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment has been made of the value and achievements of conductive education. [5816]

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Mrs. Gillan: The results of a Department-funded five-year research project undertaken by the university of Birmingham were published in 1993. These indicated that conductive education did not generally produce better results than other methods for teaching children with cerebral palsy.

Mr. Mallon: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many institutions provide conductive education for children with special educational needs; and how many children are currently receiving conductive therapy in each institution. [5811]

Mrs. Gillan: The Department does not collect this information.

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