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Bullying

Mr. Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate she has made of the number of (a) children and (b) teachers who were victims of bullying in schools in (i) London and (ii)England in 2004–05. [11889]

Jacqui Smith: Data on bullying among children is not collected centrally and there is no reliable basis for an estimate of prevalence. Bullying cases appear to be reported more often now than previously but we have no hard evidence that bullying is increasing or that it is affecting more children. Indeed, as children and young
 
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people increasingly feel safe at school to report bullying, and confident that it will be tackled effectively and sensitively, it is likely reporting will rise.

However, any level of bullying is too high and we are determined to help schools tackle the problem. Our guidance pack Bullying: Don't Suffer in Silence," the anti-bullying Charter and the anti-bullying website www.dfes.gov.uk/bullying offer detailed advice on preventing and addressing bullying. We also offer specific advice to schools on tackling homophobic and racist bullying.

We have raised awareness of the importance of children who are being bullied telling an adult about what is happening, through our public information film Tell Someone" and our leaflets and postcards for children and their parents. Our recent Beat Bullying" blue wristband campaign was launched in partnership with Radio One, during the first national anti bullying week in November 2004. By the end of December, 1 million children and young people had answered our call to Make a Stand, Wear a Band" and make a visible commitment that they are not prepared to tolerate bullying and will stand by their friends.

Data on bullying among teachers is not collected centrally as we do not employ teachers and other school staff directly. Similarly, there is no reliable basis for an estimate of prevalence.

Secondary School Teachers (Early Retirement)

Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the cost of the early retirement scheme for teachers in secondary schools on grounds of ill-health was in the last eight years in each local education authority. [9988]

Jacqui Smith: The available information is in the following table. This shows the number and annual value of pension payment award at the time of retirement made on grounds of ill-health in the maintained secondary sector in England.
New awards and total amount of pension awarded(28) to teachers in the secondary sector on the grounds of ill health(29) for the last eight financial years by local education authority

Ill health retirements(29)—secondary sector in England
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
New awardsTotal amount
of pension awarded(28) (£000)
New awardsTotal amount
of pension awarded(28) (£000)
New awardsTotal amount
of pension awarded(28) (£000)
New awardsTotal amount
of pension awarded(28) (£000)
North East
Gateshead10831096(30)(30)778
Newcastle upon Tyne131051094119513131
North Tyneside1083542(30)(30)(30)(30)
South Tyneside96914109642(30)(30)
Sunderland2318616153643876
Hartlepool(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Middlesbrough191366471089647
Redcar and Cleveland1186967(30)—;(30)—;781
Stockton on Tees86612105(30)(30)(30)(30)
Former Durham35295(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Darlington(31)(31)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Durham (post 1 April 1997)(31)(31)191841614513127
Northumberland10901110112116(30)(30)
North West
Cumbria2217219149128916137
Former Cheshire3834420178(31)(31)(31)(31)
Cheshire (post 1 April 1998)(31)(31)(31)(31)983792
Halton(31)(31)(31)(31)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Warrington(31)(31)(31)(31)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Bolton1614814149(30)(30)543
Bury15141(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Manchester2420712106161351089
Oldham24214764556(30)(30)
Rochdale959771(30)(30)(30)(30)
Salford16130665865(30)(30)
Stockport11751111566600
Tameside535756(30)(30)554
Trafford14129543(30)(30)976
Wigan131011187987758
Former Lancashire7052746350(31)(31)(31)(31)
Lancashire (post 1 April 1998)(31)(31)(31)(31)1814826240
Blackburn with Darwen(31)(31)(31)(31)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Blackpool(31)(31)(31)(31)(30)(30)658
Knowsley648(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Liverpool24193141206531089
St. Helens1512613110541553
Sefton1613216109868(30)(30)
Wirral16116(30)(30)(30)(30)11130
Yorkshire and the Humber
City of Kingston Upon Hull19130967549660
East Riding of Yorkshire171441066(30)(30)1086
North East Lincolnshire15137(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
North Lincolnshire6511086994877
North Yorkshire (post 1 April 1996)2723113107(30)(30)12132
York860(30)(30)648553
Barnsley14121(30)(30)777869
Doncaster1311186900542
Rotherham1188118000537
Sheffield2318311911514219166
Bradford38292211861210613106
Calderdale8731179(30)(30)651
Kirklees232131612415137987
Leeds262261916086618187
Wakefield1176(30)(30)10119536
East Midlands
Former Derbyshire24183(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Derbyshire (post 1 April 1997)(31)(31)151371110813109
Derby(31)(31)758(30)(30)(30)(30)
Former Leicestershire32284(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Leicestershire (post 1 April 1997)(31)(31)1612597720188
Leicester(31)(31)973548769
Rutland(31)(31)00(30)(31)00
Lincolnshire33233141201511313129
Northamptonshire3628625208161211090
Former Nottinghamshire4539136288(31)(31)(31)(31)
Nottinghamshire (post 1 April 1998)(31)(31)(31)(31)2420719169
Nottingham(31)(31)(31)(31)548(30)(30)
West Midlands
Former Hereford and Worcester4136515130(31)(31)(31)(31)
Herefordshire(31)(31)(31)(31)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Worcestershire(31)(31)(31)(31)9851194
Former Shropshire1614113124(31)(31)(31)(31)
Shropshire (post 1 April 1998)(31)(31)(31)(31)662(30)(30)
Telford and Wrekin(31)(31)(31)(31)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Former Staffordshire28248(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Staffordshire (post 1 April 1997)(31)(31)201721712813137
Stoke on Trent(31)(31)652(30)(30)12135
Warwickshire1612214117111061095
Birmingham46383312582825934314
Coventry17134764111011081
Dudley967118012116549
Sandwell13119875(30)(30)867
Solihull17137742876(30)(30)
Walsall18148650(30)(30)976
Wolverhampton14102141137101543
East of England
Former Cambridgeshire1815014114(31)(31)(31)(31)
Cambridgeshire (post 1 April 1998)(31)(31)(31)(31)547874
Peterborough(31)(31)(31)(31)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Norfolk29267191682018221160
Suffolk30241181873028216145
Former Bedfordshire15128(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Bedfordshire (post 1 April 1997)(31)(31)6561378532
Luton(31)(31)541546(30)(30)
Former Essex4638020203(31)(31)(31)(31)
Essex (post 1 April 1998)(31)(31)(31)(31)1212615185
Southend on Sea(31)(31)(31)(31)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Thurrock(30)210000(30)(30)
Hertfordshire39347201661412823200
London
City of London00000000
Camden653(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Greenwich(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Hackney(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Hammersmith and Fulham64666900(30)(30)
Islington(30)(30)648(30)(30)(30)(30)
Kensington and Chelsea(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)00
Lambeth(30)(30)754(30)(30)(30)(30)
Lewisham1199553655653
Southwark(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Tower Hamlets533556(30)(30)(30)(30)
Wandsworth(30)(30)(30)(30)00(30)(30)
City of Westminster(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)00
Barking and Dagenham(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Barnet668652(30)(30)(30)(30)
Bexley541(30)(30)674(30)(30)
Brent868653553(30)(30)
Bromley1191(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Croydon658765(30)(30)(30)(30)
Ealing(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Enfield1285(30)(30)(30)(30)657
Haringey10104(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Harrow645(30)(30)00(30)(30)
Havering983758(30)(30)(30)(30)
Hillingdon(30)(30)639(30)(30)(30)(30)
Hounslow967(30)(30)(30)(30)536
Kingston upon Thames(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Merton797(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Newham10965435378105
Redbridge(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Richmond upon Thames(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Sutton666(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Waltham Forest864760(30)(30)(30)(30)
South East
Former Berkshire (post 1 April 1998)1712015155(31)(31)(31)(31)
Bracknell Forest(31)(31)(31)(31)(30)(30)00
Windsor and Maidenhead(31)(31)(31)(31)(30)(30)(30)(30)
West Berkshire(31)(31)(31)(31)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Reading(31)(31)(31)(31)00(30)(30)
Slough(31)(31)(31)(31)(30)(30)531
Wokingham(31)(31)(31)(31)(30)(30)00
Former Buckinghamshire24230(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Buckinghamshire (post 1 April 1997)(31)(31)1070550565
Milton Keynes(31)(31)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Former East Sussex21186(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
East Sussex (post 1 April 1997)(31)(31)131011088752
Brighton and Hove(31)(31)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Former Hampshire56479(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Hampshire (post 1 April 1997)(31)(31)201811821925261
Portsmouth(31)(31)651(30)(30)(30)(30)
Southampton(31)(31)(30)(30)1186881
Isle of Wight1071542(30)(30)(30)(30)
Former Kent52403(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Kent (post 1 April 1998)(31)(31)(30)(30)2223924229
Medway(31)(31)(30)(30)(30)(30)539
Oxfordshire231881191131171093
Surrey322912015413123978
West Sussex3022515118861970
South West
Isles of Scilly00000000
Bath and North East Somerset(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
City of Bristol8691192546(30)(30)
North Somerset(30)(30)659(30)(30)(30)(30)
South Gloucestershire1083667541(30)(30)
Cornwall312272017086025214
Former Devon3734438327(31)(31)(31)(31)
Devon (post 1 April 1998)(31)(31)(31)(31)1313114120
Plymouth(31)(31)(31)(31)763(30)(30)
Torbay(31)(31)(31)(31)(30)(30)666
Former Dorset38305(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Dorset (post 1 April 1997)(31)(31)542649987
Poole(31)(31)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Bournemouth(30)(30)(30)(30)663(30)(30)
Gloucestershire2821112661090649
Somerset24201141381010712112
Former Wiltshire25221(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Wiltshire (post 1 April 1997)(31)(31)544(30)(30)13132
Swindon(31)(31)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
England2,00216,6621,23910,6179288,5179719,086

 
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2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
New awardsTotal amount
of pension awarded(28) (£000)
New awardsTotal amount
of pension awarded(28) (£000)
New awardsTotal amount
of pension awarded(28) (£000)
New awardsTotal amount
of pension awarded(28) (£000)
North East
Gateshead(30)(30)657(30)(30)(30)(30)
Newcastle upon Tyne1012311139779659
54977811146(30)(30)
South Tyneside675(30)(30)8113558
Sunderland9928107557898
Hartlepool(30)(30)(30)(30)00(30)(30)
Middlesbrough(30)(30)(30)(30)12141(30)(30)
Redcar and Cleveland101235638998109
Stockton on Tees663111169105(30)(30)
Former Durham(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Darlington(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)677
Durham (post 1 April 1997)15145141541012515239
Northumberland7607721110511129
North West
Cumbria16153171651115111128
Former Cheshire(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Cheshire (post 1 April 1998)14178161691520318236
Halton00794(30)(30)8123
Warrington(30)(30)(30)(30)9121677
Bolton10116778876683
Bury877(30)(30)780(30)(30)
Manchester15172119610149776
Oldham659684686(30)(30)
Rochdale(30)(30)(30)(30)786(30)(30)
Salford977778997575
Stockport783884(30)(30)(30)(30)
Tameside557775(30)(30)550
Trafford12125568570558
Wigan8108131328102(30)(30)
Former Lancashire(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Lancashire (post 1 April 1998)36369303213644127325
Blackburn with Darwen677545(30)(30)(30)(30)
Blackpool548(30)(30)(30)(30)569
Knowsley779(30)(30)(30)(30)682
Liverpool9931719791067100
St. Helens(30)(30)674(30)(30)(30)(30)
Sefton781(30)(30)914410129
Wirral6501113391069109
Yorkshire and the Humber
City of Kingston Upon Hull997656558(30)(30)
East Riding of Yorkshire880676987585
North East Lincolnshire560(30)(30)558657
North Lincolnshire(30)(30)657(30)(30)(30)(30)
North Yorkshire (post 1 April 1996)2019929308141679101
York756(30)(30)(30)(30)00
Barnsley9886691115210118
Doncaster7775639105(30)(30)
Rotherham109965078511147
Sheffield151578907738112
Bradford18144192232122222264
Calderdale(30)(30)557650(30)(30)
Kirklees11108262931416113165
Leeds27279232552831226348
Wakefield998111201111811149
East Midlands
Former Derbyshire(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Derbyshire (post 1 April 1997)15134121771516615195
Derby660(30)(30)(30)(30)581
Former Leicestershire(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Leicestershire (post 1 April 1997)9861213277716200
Leicester998551655550
Rutland00(30)(30)0000
Lincolnshire1078141441214714145
Northamptonshire222172020788112142
Former Nottinghamshire(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Nottinghamshire (post 1 April 1998)22235222551818822318
Nottingham885(30)(30)7658103
West Midlands
Former Hereford and Worcester(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Herefordshire552(30)(30)547(30)(30)
Worcestershire1717510106141698104
Former Shropshire(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Shropshire (post 1 April 1998)556(30)(30)660(30)(30)
Telford and Wrekin(30)24662(30)(30)9112
Former Staffordshire(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Staffordshire (post 1 April 1997)27296272763137513171
Stoke on Trent101029100668(30)(30)
Warwickshire55716141991563
Birmingham29314262962127419257
Coventry1091784(30)(30)667
Dudley10831097891(30)(30)
Sandwell89886681019127
Solihull(30)(30)(30)(30)5619107
Walsall(30)(30)5646789103
Wolverhampton(30)(30)7768102(30)(30)
East of England
Former Cambridgeshire(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Cambridgeshire (post 1 April 1998)1079910766011140
Peterborough544(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Norfolk19165283121721413144
Suffolk20217293221717413171
Former Bedfordshire(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Bedfordshire (post 1 April 1997)1094779774(30)(30)
Luton55500561(30)(30)
Former Essex(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Essex (post 1 April 1998)31294181641213413169
Southend on Sea544547(30)(30)(30)(30)
Thurrock(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Hertfordshire15129202151819317218
London
City of London00000000
Camden(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Greenwich(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Hackney564(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Hammersmith and Fulham(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)00
Islington(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Kensington and Chelsea(30)(30)00(30)(30)(30)(30)
Lambeth(30)(30)0000(30)(30)
Lewisham(30)(30)(30)(30)785(30)(30)
Southwark653(30)(30)(30)(30)00
Tower Hamlets672755(30)(30)(30)(30)
Wandsworth(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)8108
City of Westminster(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Barking and Dagenham(30)(30)00582(30)(30)
Barnet(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)675
Bexley544(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Brent(30)(30)891(30)(30)(30)(30)
Bromley666(30)(30)(30)(30)797
Croydon(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)774
Ealing(30)(30)(30)(30)544(30)(30)
Enfield(30)(30)779(30)(30)(30)(30)
Haringey(30)(30)652(30)(30)(30)(30)
Harrow(30)(30)00(30)(30)(30)(30)
Havering758540(30)(30)587
Hillingdon(30)(30)87200559
Hounslow(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Kingston upon Thames(30)(30)(30)(30)56500
Merton(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Newham764(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Redbridge(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)791
Richmond upon Thames(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)00
Sutton(30)(30)(30)(30)678(30)(30)
Waltham Forest(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
South East
Former Berkshire (post 1 April 1998)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Bracknell Forest(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Windsor and Maidenhead(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)668
West Berkshire00555(30)(30)(30)(30)
Reading(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)00
Slough(30)(30)(30)(30)575(30)(30)
Wokingham(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Former Buckinghamshire(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Buckinghamshire (post 1 April 1997)(30)(30)982(30)(30)6104
Milton Keynes784(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Former East Sussex(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
East Sussex (post 1 April 1997)11831073(30)(30)989
Brighton and Hove(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)553
Former Hampshire(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Hampshire (post 1 April 1997)28274212001823418238
Portsmouth781(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
Southampton(30)(30)776(30)(30)(30)(30)
Isle of Wight5627801211612157
Former Kent(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Kent (post 1 April 1998)27309192061618723258
Medway657791(30)(30)9106
Oxfordshire1615711109761892
Surrey10103151581417013168
West Sussex121151215610105867
South West
Isles of Scilly(30)(30)000000
Bath and North East Somerset(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)(30)
City of Bristol765889(30)(30)566
North Somerset(30)(30)569(30)(30)(30)(30)
South Gloucestershire(30)(30)(30)(30)00(30)(30)
Cornwall19168151501919916185
Former Devon(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Devon (post 1 April 1998)19173131251818517216
Plymouth111001110610149544
Torbay550555664(30)(30)
Former Dorset(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Dorset (post 1 April 1997)109812135785891
Poole(30)(30)774(30)(30)(30)(30)
Bournemouth(30)(30)879(30)(30)(30)(30)
Gloucestershire5751416110133560
Somerset1096171851315413148
Former Wiltshire(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)(31)
Wiltshire (post 1 April 1997)54979567414208
Swindon(30)(30)550(30)(30)(30)(30)
England1,17611,9711,16212,5971,02912,14797112,350


(28) Annual value of pension payment award at the time of retirement.
(29) Changes in the statutory regulations governing ill-health retirement came into force on 1 April 1997. To qualify for ill-health retirement benefits a teacher must now be regarded as permanently unfit to teach.
(30) Greater than 0 or less than 5
(31) Not applicable
Source:
Database of Teacher Records





 
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