Early Retirement (Teachers) Mrs. Iris Robinson 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. Maria Eagle 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. ----------------------------------------------- | |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| | | | ----------------------------------------------- Mrs. Iris Robinson 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. Maria Eagle The number of teachers awaiting a decision on early retirement is as follows: ------------------- | |Male|Female| ------------------- |BELB |0 |0 | ------------------- |NEELB|0 |0 | ------------------- |SEELB|0 |2 | ------------------- |SELB |0 |0 | ------------------- |WELB |6 |17 | ------------------- ------------------- | |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. Mrs. Iris Robinson 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. Maria Eagle 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |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 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |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.| | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------