§ SIR W. J. COLLINS (St. Pancras, W.)To ask the President of the Board of Education how many women inspectors are now employed by the Board of Education; how many are on the permanent staff, and how many temporarily employed; what are the maximum salaries (and allowances) attached to such posts; what are the maximum salaries obtainable, and by what increments are these reached; and whether an increase of the number of women inspectors is contemplated by the board.
(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) There are now twenty-one women inspectorships on the staff of the Board of Education; of these all but three are on the permanent staff, with salaries of £200 rising by increments of £15 to £400, as shown in the Estimates; the other three being tenable for five years at a fixed annual salary of £300. Besides these there is the post of chief woman inspector, and further, women not on the 250 board's staff are sometimes employed for two or three consecutive days on different occasions for assisting in the full inspection of secondary schools, being paid by fees proportionate to the time so spent. The answer to the concluding paragraph is in the affirmative.