§ Mr. Beithasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will give guidance on transfer salary arrangements for the staffs of colleges of education which are being merged with universities.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe organisational and staffing implications of such mergers vary considerably from one to another, and an attempt to establish standard arrangements for transfer of staff would not necessarily be helpful. My Department has been discussing some of the problems informally with the interested teachers' associations.