HC Deb 15 March 1949 vol 462 cc170-1W
Mr. Hardy

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is now in a position to make a statement about the remuneration of the non-medical staffs of universities.

Sir S. Cripps

Yes. I have accepted the view of the University Grants Committee that the increase of salaries which has become necessary in the Medical Faculties carries with it as a necessary consequence a revision of salaries in the other Faculties. The provision made for the universities in the Civil Estimates for 1949–50 will enable supplementary grants to be made for the purpose of readjusting non-medical salaries on the following basis as from the 1st October, 1949:—

(a) Professors The grants will be related to basic salaries of £1,600 a year in universities and university colleges (in London £1,650), with increased provision for supplementation allowing for a wider range of salaries than hitherto.

(b) Readers and Senior Lecturers A range of salaries with varying maxima up to £1,600 a year.

(c) Lecturers Scales rising generally from £500 to £1,100 a a year.

(d) Assistant Lecturers Salaries ranging from £400 to £500.