Teachers: Early Retirement
(asked on 16th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers took early retirement in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk and (c) England in each of the last five years.
The following table provides the number of teachers in publicly-funded schools who took early retirement in Suffolk local authority and England in March 2008-09 to March 2012-13. This is the latest information available. Information for Bury St Edmunds constituency is not available.
Suffolk LA[1],[2] | England[1],[2] | |
March | ||
2008-09 | 130 | 8,570 |
2009-10 | 100 | 7,810 |
2010-11 | 130 | 9,380 |
2011-12[3] | 180 | 9,780 |
2012-13[3] | 150 | 8,630 |
Source: Pensioner Statistical System (PENSTATS).
[1] Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 teachers.
[2] Includes Premature Retirements, Actuarially Reduced Benefits and Ill Health.
[3]Provisional estimates. 2011-12 data will remain provisional until summer 2015 and 2012-13 data is likely to remain provisional until summer 2016.