§ Mr. EDEasked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware that the advertisement recently issued inviting teachers to apply for assistant inspectorships stated that persons accepted would have to commence at the minimum salary, irrespective of their years of teaching service, and that the decision to restrict the appointments to persons willing to accept the minimum salary has led to head teachers of long experience declining, on interview, to proceed with their applications; and whether, with a view to recruiting the best possible personnel for the inspecting staff, he will issue amended Regulations whereby teachers of experience may be attracted to the inspecting staff?
Mr. WOODI am aware that some of the candidates for posts of assistant250W inspector who were recently interviewed withdrew their applications because their existing salaries as teachers were in excess of the emoluments of an assistant inspector at the minimum of the scale. As regards the last part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave him on 19th July.