Muckamore College (Hansard, 3 June 1991)

§ Mr. Beggs

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland(a) how many teachers with initial training qualifications from Muckamore college were appointed to teach within the education service in Northern Ireland with a reduction of five increments of teacher's salary prior to 1 April 1987; (b) how many teachers in schools for mentally handicapped children, with initial training qualifications from Muckamore college, transferred to the education service, Northern Ireland, from health and social services on 1 April 1987 without facing any reduction in salary; (c) what are the reasons for the difference in treatment of these two categories of teachers;

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not overspent. In order to achieve this and ensure that there is money available throughout the year, managers draw up monthly profiles based on estimated expenditure. They also issue guidance to their social fund officers on the level of priority of application that might be met. Details of the number of applications refused on grounds of insufficient priority for 1988–89, 1989–90 and 1990–91 are shown in the table.

and (d) what is the estimated cost of an ex gratia payment to teachers trained at Muckamore college who voluntarily transferred to the education service prior to 1 April 1987, to provide equality of treatment of teachers in (a) above with teachers in (b) above for salary and pension purposes.