[holding answer 23 April 2007]: To derive figures for a 30-year time period for starting salaries and salaries after seven years employment would be at disproportionate cost.
The average salary figures for (a) newly qualified entrants and (b) teachers with between seven and eight years experience for both March 1997 and March 2005 (provisional), expressed in cash and real terms in 2005-06 prices, for England and Wales is shown in the following table.
Average salaries in cash and real termsMarch 1997March (provisional)Cash (£)Real (£)Cash (£)Real (£)Real terms difference (Percentage)Newly qualified entrants in England and Wales114.56018,08019,73020,10011Between 7 and 8 years experience222,52027,97032,06032,66017 1 Teachers qualifying through college based routes in England or Wales in the previous calendar year in full-time regular service the following March.2 Includes only teachers on the main and upper pay scale.Notes:1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.2. Real term figures based on latest GDP deflators (21 March 2007) from HMT shown in 2005-06 prices.
Average salaries are used to answer parts (a) and (b) because there are, in fact, no set salaries for those starting teaching or those with seven years' experience.
In relation to part (c), average salary figures over the last 30 years for teachers are available and are shown in the following table in both cash and real terms, with percentage year on year and cumulative changes, for England and Wales.
Year1 Average salary in cash terms2 (£) Salaries in 2005-06 terms (£) Yearly real terms increase/decrease (Percentage) Cumulative real terms increase/decrease (Percentage) 1975 3,110 21,400 1976 3,960 21,710 1 1 1977 4,330 20,920 -4 -2 1978 4,560 19,370 -7 -9 1979 5,320 20,370 5 -5 1980 6,090 19,940 -2 -7 1981 7,640 21,160 6 -1 1982 8,300 21,010 -1 -2 1983 8,890 21,000 0 -2 1984 9,400 21,230 1 -1 1985 9,950 21,340 1 0 1986 11,020 22,410 5 5 1987 12,860 25,340 13 18 1988 14,640 27,310 8 28 1989 14,380 25,080 -8 17 1990 15,520 25,260 1 18 1991 17,140 25,860 2 21 1992 19,230 27,350 6 28 1993 20,750 28,590 5 34 1994 20,970 28,160 -2 32 1995 20,510 27,130 -4 27 1996 20,990 26,940 -1 26 1997 21,670 26,910 0 26 1998 22,210 26,800 0 25 1999 23,080 27,160 1 27 2000 23,980 27,660 2 29 2001 25,540 29,050 5 36 2002 26,880 29,870 3 40 2003 28,500 30,720 3 44 2004 29,590 30,970 1 45 20051 30,590 31,160 1 46 1 Data from March that year. 2 Excludes those in leadership/head teacher positions and particular grades outside of the main and upper pay scales in the years where this is appropriate. 3 Provisional. Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10. 2. Real terms figures based on latest GDP deflators (21 March 2007) from HMT shown in 2005-06 prices.