§ 22. Professor Gruffyddasked the Minister of Education whether he is aware that some of the education authorities find it impossible to administer the grant for posts of special responsibility; that they propose to distribute it among all the secondary teachers in their employment; and whether such a plan has been approved by him.
§ Mr. LawNo representations on this matter have reached me from any education authority. Additional allowances for posts of special responsibility have long been an element in the Burnham scales and I am not aware of any reason why authorities should now find difficulty in administering such allowances, with the principles of which they are familiar, under the scales recently approved.
§ Professor GruffyddWill the Minister kindly answer the second part of my Question?
§ Mr. LawAs I said, no such plan has been put up to me and therefore I have not had a chance of considering it.
Miss RathboneIs not the grant for posts of special responsibility a particularly useful means of encouraging students and their parents to undertake the extra cost of training for a degree, and cannot it be so used?
§ Mr. LawI certainly think that allowances for posts of special responsibility represent an extremely good principle.