To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the cost of (a) the 3.5 per cent. pay award for all teachers and (b) the higher awards for head teachers announced in February 1999 will be in 1999–2000; and if he will list for the current year the pay increases due to head teachers and the dates on which they will become payable. [80675]
The cost in 1999–2000 of the general teachers' pay award in England will be £397 million, and the estimated additional cost of headteacher pay restructuring will be £14 million.All headteachers received a pay increase of 3.5 per cent. on 1 April. Pay increases due to individual headteachers on 1 September 1999 will vary, but average percentage increases according to current school size group are estimated to be as follows:
| Percentage | ||
| Group | Nursery/primary | Secondary |
| 1 | 5 | — |
| of which fewer than 100 pupils | 6 | — |
| 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | — | 1 |
| 6 | — | 1 |