Lord Storey – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-04-26.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what have been the on-costs on teachers’ salaries for the last three years.
Lord Nash
The on-costs on teachers’ salaries consist of employer pension contributions and employer National Insurance (NI) contributions. In 2015/16, the total on-costs for a teacher with an average salary are approximately 25.4% of their gross salary.
Employer contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme are the same rate for all teachers regardless of salary and in 2015/16 they increased from 14.1% of teachers’ gross salary to 16.5%.
The table below sets out the on-costs on teachers’ salaries for the last three years:
|
Employer contributions |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
|
Teachers’ Pension |
14.1% |
14.1% |
16.5% |
|
National Insurance |
7.9% |
7.9% |
8.9% |
|
Total On-Costs |
22.0% |
22.0% |
25.4% |
