§ 32. Mr. MORLEYasked the President of the Board of Education if he can give the figures, classified according to age, of the number of teachers granted permanent breakdown allowances for the years 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, and 1930, and the number of temporary breakdowns that occurred in those years?
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHI regret that I have no information as to temporary breakdowns among teachers. As the information as to infirmity allowances awarded 1929 under the Superannuation Acts in the years in question involves a number of figures I will, with the hon. Member's
§ Following is the information:
| Infirmity Allowances awarded under the School Teachers Superannuation Acts. | ||||||||
| Age Group | Year ended 31st March, 1925. | Year ended 31st March, 1926. | Year ended 31st March, 1927. | Year ended 31st March, 1928. | Year ended 31st March, 1929. | Year ended 31st March, 1930. | Year ended 31st March, 1931. | |
| 30–34 | … | Figures, for separate age groups not available. | 11 | 10 | 19 | 9 | ||
| 35–39 | … | 53 | 47 | 51 | 39 | |||
| 40–44 | … | 73 | 61 | 85 | 60 | |||
| 45–49 | … | 108 | 128 | 111 | 118 | |||
| 50–54 | … | 167 | 156 | 158 | 180 | |||
| 55–59 | … | 204 | 236 | 245 | 225 | |||
| 60–64 | … | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | |||
| Total | … | 700 | 661 | 670 | 628 | 650 | 676 | 643 |
§ Note.—No infirmity allowances were awarded under the age of 30, because teachers with less than ten years' service are not eligible for such allowances.
§ 58. Mr. MORLEYasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he can give the figures, classified according to age, of the number of teachers in Scotland granted permanent breakdown allowances for the years 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930, and the number of temporary breakdowns that occurred in those years?
| Year ended 31st March. | Age at date of retirement. | Total. | Total Men and Women. | ||||||||
| Under 30. | 31–35. | 36–40. | 41–45. | 46–50. | 51–55. | 56–60. | |||||
| 1925 | Men | … | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 90 |
| Women | … | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 79 | ||
| 1926 | Men | … | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 77 |
| Women | … | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 63 | ||
| 1927 | Men | … | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 82 |
| Women | … | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 71 | ||
| 1928 | Men | … | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 67 |
| Women | … | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 58 | ||
| 1929 | Men | … | — | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 70 |
| Women | … | — | 3 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 64 | ||
| 1930 | Men | … | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 11 | 75 |
| Women | … | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 64 | ||
| 1931 | Men | … | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 83 |
| Women | … | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 70 |