Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 22 July (HLWS1746), what proportion of the additional cost of the School Teachers' Review Body's recommendation for a 2.75 per cent uplift in all pay ranges and allowances will be met by the Government.
Answer
In January the department published the schools cost technical note, alongside our written evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body. In that we demonstrated that, nationally, a 2% pay increase for teachers is affordable in 2019-20.
The recommended award of 2.75% is therefore 0.75% over that assessment. In recognition of the difference between this award, and the 2% we have assessed schools can afford, we are providing an additional £105 million of funding for schools this year. This is on top of the £321 million the department is already providing this year through the Teachers’ Pay Grant to cover the ongoing cost of the 2018 pay award.