HC Deb 26 May 1936 vol 312 cc1802-3
6. Mr. McGOVERN

asked 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. COLLINS

The 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. MCGOVERN

Has the Secretary of State any power to influence local authorities to raise the salaries of these men and women who have served for a very long period, and if he has that power, will he exercise it?

Sir G. COLLINS

The local salary scales are within the discretion of the education authorities, and unless I receive grave complaints, I must leave it to them.