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Mr. Michael J. Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of (a) teaching and (b) non-teaching staff are covered by national pay scales in each local education authority in England. [150190]

Ms Estelle Morris: Qualified and unqualified teachers in maintained schools are covered by national pay scales, except for agency teachers, and teachers in the four former grant-maintained schools that opted out of national pay arrangements under the School Teachers Pay and Conditions Act 1991. The number of agency teachers employed in each local authority is not known.

Schools in Education Action Zones have the right to opt out of national pay arrangements, but DfEE has not been informed of any doing so. Independent schools, including City Technology Colleges and city academies, are not covered by national pay arrangements.

Information on pay scales of non-teaching staff is not held centrally.

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The number of regular teachers in maintained schools in England increased by 6,900 between January 1998 and January 2000.

There was a growth of more than 2,000 in the number of people training to be teachers between 1999-00 and 2000-01, the first such increase since 1992-93.

Mr. Michael J. Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the average cost is of employing a teacher in each local education authority in England. [150193]

Ms Estelle Morris: The average cost (including National Insurance contributions and superannuation) of employing a full-time qualified teacher in the maintained schools sector at March 1999, the latest date for which information is available is as follows:

Area£
City of London30,300
Camden32,100
Greenwich30,800
Hackney(26)--
Hammersmith and Fulham31,100
Islington30,800
Kensington and Chelsea34,300
Lambeth31,400
Lewisham31,500
Southwark30,700
Tower Hamlets33,000
Wandsworth30,600
Westminster30,300
Barking and Dagenham29,900
Barnet29,200
Bexley28,900
Brent31,300
Bromley29,500
Croydon29,100
Ealing29,800
Enfield29,500
Haringey30,500
Harrow29,500
Havering29,500
Hillingdon29,200
Hounslow29,200
Kingston upon Thames29,400
Merton29,500
Newham29,800
Redbridge29,200
Richmond upon Thames29,200
Sutton29,300
Waltham Forest29,700
Birmingham28,000
Coventry28,300
Dudley27,700
Sandwell27,500
Solihull27,500
Walsall27,800
Wolverhampton28,100
Knowsley27,600
Liverpool28,100
St. Helens28,000
Sefton27,700
Wirral28,400
Bolton27,700
Bury27,600
Manchester26,400
Oldham27,600
Rochdale27,600
Salford27,900
Stockport27,800
Tameside27,400
Trafford27,800
Wigan28,000
Barnsley27,900
Doncaster27,700
Rotherham27,800
Sheffield27,700
Bradford27,700
Calderdale27,600
Kirklees27,800
Leeds28,000
Wakefield27,200
Gateshead27,400
Newcastle upon Tyne27,700
North Tyneside27,700
South Tyneside27,700
Sunderland27,500
Isles of Scilly26,600
Bath and North East Somerset(26)--
City of Bristol27,800
North Somerset28,000
South Gloucestershire27,600
Hartlepool27,300
Middlesbrough27,500
Redcar and Cleveland27,300
Stockton on Tees27,400
City of Kingston-Upon-Hull27,800
East Riding of Yorkshire27,700
North East Lincolnshire27,700
North Lincolnshire27,600
North Yorkshire28,000
York27,600
Bedfordshire27,800
Luton28,400
Buckinghamshire27,900
Milton Keynes27,700
Derbyshire27,900
City of Derby27,600
Dorset27,800
Poole27,300
Bournemouth27,700
Durham27,300
Darlington27,400
East Sussex27,800
Brighton and Hove28,000
Hampshire27,500
Portsmouth27,300
Southampton27,400
Leicestershire27,600
Leicester City27,900
Rutland28,400
Staffordshire27,700
Stoke-on-Trent27,600
Wiltshire27,900
Swindon27,300
Bracknell Forest28,300
Windsor and Maidenhead28,600
West Berkshire27,500
Reading27,400
Slough27,500
Wokingham28,000
Cambridgeshire27,600
City of Peterborough27,500
Cheshire27,800
Halton27,500
Warrington27,400
Devon27,900
City of Plymouth27,700
Torbay27,600
Essex28,200
Southend27,900
Thurrock28,300
Herefordshire27,600
Worcestershire27,700
Kent28,000
Medway27,700
Lancashire27,800
Blackburn with Darwen27,800
Blackpool27,300
Nottinghamshire28,600
City of Nottingham27,900
Shropshire27,900
Telford and Wrekin28,100
Cornwall28,200
Cumbria28,000
Gloucestershire27,500
Hertfordshire28,000
Isle of Wight27,400
Lincolnshire27,800
Norfolk27,800
Northamptonshire27,500
Northumberland28,000
Oxfordshire27,600
Somerset28,200
Suffolk27,700
Surrey27,500
Warwickshire27,600
West Sussex27,600
England28,100

(26) Salaries for Hackney and Bath and North East Somerset are not available because of incomplete annual returns from the authorities for March 1999.

Note:

All costs have been rounded to the nearest £100.


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The average pay cost per teacher has been estimated by taking the average salary of full-time qualified teachers (including heads and deputy heads) in each local authority and adding 14.8 per cent. for National Insurance contributions and superannuation.

It is estimated that the average pay of a full-time qualified teacher (including heads and deputy heads) in the maintained nursery, primary and secondary sector at April 2001 will be £27,900 (including the post threshold pay scale).

From April 2001 new graduate recruits can expect to earn £17,000 a year (up 6 per cent. from the previous year) and starting salaries in Inner London will rise to £20,000 (up 9 per cent. from the previous year).

An estimated 250,000 classroom teachers in England are eligible for the post-threshold pay scale, of whom 81 per cent. have applied. Teachers moving to the new scale will receive a £2,000 pay increase from 1 September 2000 and can progress on the basis of their performance up to the scale maximum of over £30,000 excluding allowances.

The number of regular teachers in maintained schools in England increased by 6,900 between January 1998 and January 2000.

There was a growth of more than 2,000 in the number of people training to be teachers between 1999-00 and 2000-01, the first such increase since 1992-93.

Fast Track Teacher Recruitment

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer of 7 February 2001, Official Report, column 580W, how many of the fast track applicants were for (a) primary positions and (b) secondary positions; and if he will provide a breakdown of the secondary positions by subject. [150389]

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Ms Estelle Morris: The total number of fast track applications now stands at 1,574. This includes 13 applications received since my answer of 7 February, which had been delayed in the post. The information requested is set out in the table.

SubjectNumber
Primary390
Art38
Design and Technology24
English198
Geography55
History116
IT49
Maths137
Modern Foreign Languages125
Music24
Physical Education16
Religious Education32
Science301
Not Stated(27)69
Total1,574

(27) Applicant did not indicate on fast track application whether Secondary or Primary


Visual Classroom Testing

Mr. Opik: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment his Department has

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made of visual classroom testing; what school trials his Department has planned for visual classroom testing; what school trials have been completed of visual classroom testing; what the results indicated; and if he will make a statement. [150435]

Ms Estelle Morris: The Department for Education and Employment does not carry out trials of commercial educational products. It is for schools and teachers to decide what if any use to make of such products.

Leeds LEA

Mr. Hilary Benn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the capital investment in schools in Leeds local education authority was from 1996 to 1999 (a) in total and (b) by funding stream; and what his forecast is for the next three years. [150451]

Jacqui Smith: Leeds local education authority has received some £45 million of funding from central Government for capital investment in schools between 1996-97 and 1999-2000 as shown in table A. Table B shows the forecast investment over the next three years.

Nationally, investment in school buildings has tripled from £683 million a year in 1996-97 to over £2 billion in 2000-01. It will be £3.2 billion in 2003-04, including grant, credit approvals and Private Finance Initiative credits. There will be central Government investment of £7.8 billion in school buildings in total from 2001-02 to 2003-04.

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Table A: Central Government capital investment in schools in Leeds local education authority

£000
Funding stream1996-971997-981998-991999-20002000-01
Basic Credit Approvals6,9147,0465,0523,0365,219
Supplementary Credit Approvals9251962942,5181,578
Grant to Voluntary Aided Schools1633763151,0892,095
New Deal for Schools--1,4021,9094,1129,094
PFI Credits------4,10039,800
Schools Renewal Challenge Fund Grant600--------
School Security Grant--180226229228
Outside Toilets Grant----348----
Energy Efficiency Initiative----220----
Key Stage 1 Class Size Initiative----200437569
National Grid for Learning Grant----1,7001,3502,316
Assistance with Asset Management Plans------90--
Seed Challenge Funding--------401
Devolved Formula Capital for Schools--------4,928
Renewal of School Laboratories--------386
Schools Access Initiative Grant--------17
Early Excellence Centre Grant------90257
Nursery Provision--------95
Total8,6029,20010,26417,05166,983

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Table B: Forecast investment in schools in Leeds local education authority
£000

Funding stream2001-022002-032003-04
Basic Credit Approvals3,226(28)--(28)--
Grant to Voluntary Aided Schools1,020(28)--(28)--
Private Finance Initiative Credits--(28)--(28)--
New Deal for Schools Devolved Formula2,6193,5236,806
New Deal for Schools Condition Funding1,9735,5697,073
Seed Challenge Funding460833833
Renewal of School Laboratories386(28)--(28)--
Schools Access Initiative697(28)--(28)--
National Grid for Learning(29)3,274(29)1,924(29)1,924

(28) Future years' allocations shown in the above table are those already announced as being attributable to Leeds local education authority.

In addition to the amounts shown above, schools in the authority will also benefit from a share of other programmes where allocations have not yet been made. These include over £1 billion of credit approvals, mainly to provide new pupil places; £440 million of grant to governors of voluntary aided schools; £555 million funding through the NDS Modernisation programme and £170 million worth of funding under the Schools Access Initiative. Funding under the National Grid for Learning (NGfL) in 2002-03 and 2003-04 is a partial allocation based on a formula. Figures are provisional and confirmed levels of NGfL funding for 2002-03 and 2003-04 will be published in due course.

This funding will be augmented by capital receipts and other contributions from local education authority sources, and the contribution which governors of voluntary aided schools make to their building work. In addition, more than £1 billion is available nationally through private finance initiative credits for projects which will sign in 2002-03 and 2003-04.

Funding specifically ring fenced for the renewal of school laboratories and secondary learning support units is ending in 2001-02. Local authorities will be able to prioritise their other increased funding for this purpose, if they wish.

(29) Provisional figures, they also include a small proportion of revenue funding. (Also see

(30)).


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