§ Sir PHILIP MAGNUSasked the President of the Board of Education whether he can state the number of secondary schools in receipt of Government grants in which a superannuation or pension scheme for the assistant staff is known to be in operation, and the proportion of such schools to the total number of State-aided secondary schools in England and Wales?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe total number of State-aided secondary schools in England and Wales on the 31st July, 1910, was 950. The annual staff returns made by the schools, which may not be altogether complete in this respect, show that in eighty-five, or about 9 per cent., of these schools a superannuation or pension scheme for the assistant staff is in operation, though it must not be assumed that the scheme in all cases applies to the whole of the assistant staff.
§ Sir PHILIP MAGNUSHaving regard to the very small proportion of schools in which such superannuation schemes are in operation, could the Board of Education bring some pressure to bear upon the governors of those schools in order that a pension scheme may be put into force?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI will consider the matter.