HC Deb 24 January 1963 vol 670 cc89-90W
Mr. Gurden

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recommendations the University Grants Committee have made to him for the distribution between the various grades of staff of the funds to be made available for a 10 per cent. increase in expenditure on university teachers' salaries from 1st April, 1963.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

After discussion with the Vice-Chancellors' Committee and with representatives of the Association of University Teachers, the University Grants Committee have made the following recommendations, which the Government have accepted:

  1. (a) that the salary scales of academic staff other than clinical staff 90 should be as given below from 1st April, 1963
  2. (b) that the salary scales of academic clinical staff should also be revised from 1st April, 1963, by amounts to be determined after account has been taken of any adjustments that may be made in the salaries of National Health Service doctors and dentists following the recommendations of the Review Body under the chairmanship of Lord Kindersley.

PRESENT SCALES AND REVISED SCALES FROM 1ST APRIL, 1963 FOR ACADEMIC NON-MEDICAL AND PRE-CLINICAL STAFF

Non-Medical Salaries

Assistant Lecturers

  • Present scale—£900X£50 to £1,050.
  • Revised scale—£1,000X£50 to £1,150.

Lecturers

  • Present scale—£1,150X£50 to £1.500X£75 to £1,950 (and to £2,100 in a limited number of cases).
  • Revised scale—£1,250 x £60 to £1,670X£80 to £2,150 (and to £2,300 in a limited number of cases).

Senior Lecturers and Readers

  • Present scale—A range of salaries with varying maxima up to £2,425 or in special circumstances up to £2,525.
  • Revised scale—A range of salaries with varying maxima up to £2,700, and in special circumstances £2,800.

Professors

  • Present scale—Basic salaries of £2,600 with provision for a range of salaries up to £3,600.
  • Revised scale—Basic salaries of £2,900 with provision for a range of salaries up to £4,000.

Pre-Clinical Salaries

Lecturers

  • Present scale—£1,150X£100 to maxima ranging from £1,950 to £2,525.
  • Revised scale—£1,250 to maxima ranging from £2,150 to £2,800.

Readers and Senior Lecturers

Salaries within the maxima (from 1st April, 1963, within the revised maxima) for pre-clinical Lecturers.

Professors

  • Present scale—Salaries ranging from £2,600 to £3,600.
  • Revised scale—Salaries ranging from £2,900 to £4,000.

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