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Written question asked by Hugh Bayley (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 July 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 9 July 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 July 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Teachers: Pay

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average full-time equivalent gross pay of teachers has been in schools in York in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each year since 1997.
Answer

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

Average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers in local authority maintained schools, York local authority, March 1997 to 2007
Gross average salary (£)¹
Actual Real terms²
1997 22,500 28,500
1998 23,200 28,600
1999 24,100 29,100
2000 24,900 29,500
2001 26,900 31,500
2002 27,800 31,800
2003 29,700 32,900
2004 30,600 33,000
2005 32,100 33,700
2006³ 33,100 34,100
2007³ 34,300 34,300
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.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
496 c307-9W; 285823
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Pay Teachers York
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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