§ 6. Mr. McGOVERNasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of post-1919 non-graduate school teachers, male and female, employed by the Glasgow Corporation; the annual cost of raising these teachers to full salary; and the names of any local authorities that have raised their non-graduate post-1919 teachers to full salary?
§ Sir G. COLLINSThe answer to the first part of the question is 31 men, 526 women; the annual cost of raising the salaries of these teachers to the scales for pre-1919 non-graduates would be about £10,000 a year initially, and £40,000 a year ultimately. One education authority (Renfrewshire) has raised the non-graduate teachers as a whole to the graduate scales.
§ Mr. MCGOVERNHas the Secretary of State any power to influence local authorities to raise the salaries of these 1803 men and women who have served for a very long period, and if he has that power, will he exercise it?
§ Sir G. COLLINSThe local salary scales are within the discretion of the education authorities, and unless I receive grave complaints, I must leave it to them.