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Teachers: Hemsworth

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average full-time equivalent gross pay of teachers was in schools in Hemsworth constituency in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each year since 1997. (288810)

The information requested is not available at the constituency level but can be provided by local authority where the data source is considered to be of sufficient quality.

Information on the average salary of teachers is available only for full-time regular qualified teachers in service in local authority maintained schools. The following table provides this information for Wakefield local authority in both cash and real terms in each year, March 1997 to 2007, the latest year for which information is available by local authority.

Average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers in local authority maintained schools, March 1997 to 2007, Wakefield local authority

Gross average salary (£)1

Actual

Real terms2

1997

22,100

28,000

1998

22,800

28,100

1999

23,600

28,600

2000

24,800

29,400

2001

26,800

31,300

2002

27,700

31,600

2003

29,500

32,700

2004

30,700

33,100

2005

31,700

33,200

20063

32,800

33,700

20073

33,900

33,900

1 Gross salary of teachers of all grades including allowances.

2 Adjusted using HM Treasury GDP deflator.

3 Provisional.

Note:

Figures are rounded to the nearest £100.

Source:

Database of Teacher records