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Early Retirement (Teachers)

Volume 448: debated on Monday 3 July 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many teachers in Northern Ireland are seeking early retirement due to work stress, broken down by education and library board area; and how many sought early retirement for this reason in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05. (78516)

The Department does not hold the information in the format requested.

The following is a breakdown of teachers who have retired for psychiatric or psychological reasons. Stress falls into this category.

Academic year

2003-04

2004-05

2005-061

BELB

5

10

3

WELB

13

3

9

NEELB

14

12

11

SEELB

11

9

15

SELB

15

13

6

1 As of 20 June 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many teachers employed in (a) state controlled, (b) maintained and (c) other schools are awaiting a decision on early retirement requests in each education and library board area, broken down by sex. (78539)

The number of teachers awaiting a decision on early retirement is as follows:

(a) Controlled schools

Male

Female

BELB

0

0

NEELB

0

0

SEELB

0

2

SELB

0

0

WELB

6

17

(b) Maintained schools

Male

Female

BELB

0

0

NEELB

1

1

SEELB

1

2

SELB

4

5

WELB

1

4

(c) No information is available regarding other schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many teachers in (a) state controlled, (b) maintained and (c) other schools are due for retirement in the (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07 academic years in each education and library board area. (78540)

The number of teachers between 60 and 65 who are in permanent employment and who are eligible to retire during the school years 2005-06 and 2006-07 is set out in the following tables. Only a proportion of these teachers will actually make an application for retirement in the years 2005-06 or 2006-07. The actual number of applications is not known in advance.

2005-06 academic year

Controlled

RC maintained

Other maintained

Integrated

Total

BELB

40

19

3

1

63

WELB

19

26

0

1

46

NEELB

43

11

2

1

57

SEELB

39

14

3

2

58

SELB

20

25

0

2

47

Further Education1

111

Voluntary Grammar1

80

2006-07

Controlled

RC maintained

Other maintained

Integrated

Total

BELB

58

31

3

1

93

WELB

35

37

0

2

74

NEELB

69

20

3

1

93

SEELB

81

18

4

2

105

SELB

39

41

1

3

84

Further Education1

142

Voluntary Grammar1

127

1 These bodies are independent of education and library boards; further classification is not appropriate.