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Teachers
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teaching staff are still in employment after the age of 60 in each local authority; and what percentage of the total teaching work force this accounts for. [114940]
Mr. Miliband [holding answer 21 May 2003]: A table showing showing full and part-time regular qualified teachers aged 60 or over who were in service in the maintained schools sector and the percentage of the total workforce they represent as at March 2001 has been placed in the Library.
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average rate of increase paid to classroom teachers was for each of the last 10 years. [114951]
Mr. Miliband [holding answer 21 May 2003]: The following table shows the average salary and the percentage increase in the average salary for full-time regular classroom teachers in the maintained schools sector in England and Wales as at 31 March in each of the years shown. The average salary includes all allowances paid.
(36) Based on unrounded figures.
(37) Data for 2001 are provisional and are the latest available.
(38) The 2001 average salary figures include threshold pay increases that were made before March 2001. However, they do not include threshold pay increases relating to people who passed the threshold in September 2000 and had not received their payment by March 2001. This money was backdated after March 2001 and therefore the average salary for March 2001 will be understated.
Source:
Database of teacher records
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Mr. Gardiner: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many peripatetic music teachers there are per 1,000 school pupils. [115024]
Mr. Miliband: This information is not collected centrally.
Mr. Wray: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the level of support a teacher's pension provides for retirement; and what plans he has to increase teachers' pensions levels of support. [115125]
Mr. Miliband: The Teachers' Pension Scheme is a final salary scheme that provides retirement benefits based on 1 /80 of salary for each year of pensionable service. The normal pension age is currently 60. Pensions in payment are up-rated each year in line with movements in the Retail Prices index. In addition a tax free lump sum equivalent to three years pension is payable on retirement. Arrangements also exist for the early payment of benefits on the grounds of permanent ill health. Teachers pay a contribution of 6 per cent. of salary and their employers contribute a further 13.5 per cent. of salary towards the cost of the Teachers' Pension Scheme.
The provisions of the Teachers' Pension Scheme are currently under review in the light of the proposals contained in the Pensions Green Paper "Security, Simplicity and Choice" and the Inland Revenue consultation on simplifying the taxation of pensions. Any changes to the scheme will be subject to full consultation with representatives of teacher and employer associations and other interested parties.
Teachers' Pay
Mr. Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills by how much average teacher salaries in Worcestershire have increased since 1999; and if he will reconsider the application of the area cost adjustment to the county's education settlement. [115475]
Mr. Miliband: The following table shows the average salary and the percentage increase in the average salary for full-time regular teachers in the maintained schools sector in Worcestershire as at 31 March in each of the years shown in. The average salary includes all allowances paid.
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| Worcestershire (£) | Percentage increase(39) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 24,100 | — |
| 2000 | 25,100 | 4.2 |
| 2001(40),(41) | 27,000 | 7.5 |
(39) Based on unrounded figures.
(40) Data for 2001 are provisional and are the latest available.
(41) The 2001 average salary figures include threshold pay increases that were made before March 2001. However, they do not include threshold pay increases relating to people who passed the threshold in September 2000 and had not received their payment by March 2001. This money was backdated after March 2001 and therefore the average salary for March 2001 will be understated.
Source:
Database of teacher records
The area cost adjustment reflects the actual salary costs recorded in the New Earnings Survey by both public and private sector employers in each area, weighted for the different types of employee. Teachers' salaries are therefore already included.
Truancy
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many parenting orders have been issued as a result of truanting children in the last 12 months, broken down by local authority; [115175]
- (2) how many parents have been jailed for refusing to deal with their truanting children in the last 12 months. [115176]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: Information about parenting orders for truancy is collected nationally and not broken down by local education authority. Data are published every six months. 266 parenting orders were issued between July 2001 and June 2002 and 101 between July 2002 and December 2002.
Information about the number of parents imprisoned following a prosecution for truancy is not collected centrally.
UKEU Project
David Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students are signed up to courses developed via the UKEU structure. [114135]
Margaret Hodge: Currently UK eUniversities Worldwide (UKeU) are running two pilot courses in advance of a full launch this autumn. The number of students enrolled is commercially sensitive, but so far the students are from twenty-four different countries.
David Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what UK higher education funding schemes sponsored by his Department UKEU are able to apply for. [114138]
Margaret Hodge: As UK eUniversities Worldwide (UKeU) is not a designated higher education institution, it is not eligible to be funded in the normal way to provide education and research via the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). However, it does receive a grant from HEFCE for the provision of services connected with higher education.
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David Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many UK higher education institutions have signed contracts to produce courses for UKEU. [114136]
Margaret Hodge: Following a call for proposals in April 2002, UK eUniversities Worldwide (UKeU) received sixty-nine submissions from UK higher education institutions. To date, contracts have been signed with thirteen institutions for a total of fourteen programmes, with some institutions working in consortia, and some offering more than one programme. Courses are being developed in conjunction with a further thirteen institutions, with contract negotiations at an advanced stage. It is expected that ten to twelve new programmes will be commissioned each year.
Universities (Companies)
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many companies have been established from (a) Liverpool University, (b) John Moores University, (c) Liverpool Hope and (d) Edge Hill University college in each year since 1997; what percentage of those companies were established by women; and how many survived (i) one year, (ii) two years and (iii) more than two years. [116615]
Margaret Hodge: This information is not collected centrally in this form. However, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has published aggregate information on the number of companies set up by higher education institutions. The results of the two Higher Education Business Interaction Surveys, covering the period 1999–2000 and 2000–01 can be accessed at: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2001/01 68.htm and http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2003/03 11.htm
University Teachers
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) male and (b) female university teachers are aged (i) 20 to 25, (ii) 25 to 30, (iii) 31 to 35, (iv) 36 to 40, (v) 41 to 44, (vi) 45 to 49, (vii) 50 to 54, (viii) 55 to 59, (ix) 60 to 65, (x) 66 to 70 and (xi) 71 years and over. [110100]
Margaret Hodge: The latest available data are given in the following table.
| Age | Female | Male | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20:24 | 2,040 | 1,820 | 3,860 |
| 25:30 | 9,580 | 11,550 | 21,130 |
| 31:35 | 9,180 | 13,450 | 22,630 |
| 36:40 | 8,660 | 13,220 | 21,880 |
| 41:44 | 6,270 | 9,200 | 15,470 |
| 45:49 | 7,340 | 1 1 ,040 | 18,380 |
| 50:54 | 6,320 | 12,770 | 19,090 |
| 55:59 | 3,390 | 9,920 | 13,310 |
| 60:65 | 1,050 | 5,560 | 6,610 |
| 66:70 | 70 | 490 | 560 |
| 71(42) | 60 | 150 | 210 |
| Total | 53,950 | 89,180 | 143,130 |
Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency's Staff Record. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10 pence constituent parts may not sum to totals.
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