§ 41. Captain BARNETTasked the President of the Board of Education whether the Grant for improvement of teachers' salaries can properly be applied in recoupment of war bonuses already paid; and, if not, whether he will take steps to ensure that the London Education Committee shall apply the said Grant exclusively to the purpose for which it was intended?
§ The PRESIDENT Of the BOARD Of EDUCATION (Mr. Herbert Fisher)The primary object of the Supplementary Grant was to secure permanent improvement of teachers' salaries, but the Regulations do not require local education authorities, in considering the improvement of teachers' salaries, to exclude from consideration war bonuses already granted.
§ 42. Captain BARNETTasked whether head teachers in London County Council schools earning salaries of £250 or above have participated in the war bonus enjoyed by other teachers; and, if not, whether, having regard to the increased cost of living, steps will be taken to pro vide that head teachers shall receive a war bonus proportionate to that granted to the lower grades or, in the alternative, an increase of salary?
§ Mr. FISHERThe Board have no control over the arrangements of local education authorities for granting war bonuses.
§ 43. Sir PHILIP MAGNUSasked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware of the dissatisfaction expressed by assistant masters of the secondary schools in England and Wales at the manner' of distribution by some local education authorities of the supplementary Giants in tended primarily for the improvement of the salaries of teachers; whether he is aware that in many localities the addition to the teachers' salaries is insufficient to compensate for the increased cost of living; and whether he can take steps to alleviate a state of feeling which may have the effect of lessening the efficiency of the teaching?
§ Mr. FISHERI would refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for the Attercliffe Division of Sheffield on 18th January, a copy of which I am sending him.