Teachers: Hemsworth
Children, Schools and Families
Written answers and statements, 13 October 2009
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth, Labour)
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.
Vernon Coaker (Minister of State (Schools and Learners), Department for Children, Schools and Families; Gedling, Labour)
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 terms( 2) | |
| 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 |
| 2006(3) | 32,800 | 33,700 |
| 2007(3) | 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 | ||