§ 42. Lieut.-Colonel MOOREasked the Secretary of State for Scotland which education authorities in Scotland have reduced the reduction in the salaries of their teachers to less than 5 per cent. below the 1931 level?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for SCOTLAND (Mr. Skelton)As the answer is necessarily somewhat long, I propose, with the hon. and gallant Member's permission, to circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Lieut.-Colonel MOOREWill the hon. Gentleman also intimate to those county authorities, who have failed so far to carry out the decision of Parliament this year, his desire that they should do so?
§ Mr. SKELTONMy hon. and gallant Friend's question, as far as I understand, deals with a different point.
§ Following is the answer:
§ The following 11 authorities have submitted revised schemes of scales of salaries at rates providing for a reduction of less than 5 per cent. below the level of January, 1931: Dundee (for teachers paid at rates less than. £150 per annum), Edinburgh, Argyll, Caithness, Clackmannan, East Lothian, Lanark, Midlothian, Orkney, Ross and Cromarty, West Lothian. At present 12 education authorities have still to submit revised schemes to the Department, but my right hon. Friend anticipates that 11 of these authorities will pay all or some of their teachers as from 1st July at rates where the reduction is less than 5 per cent. below the 1931 level.