HC Deb 21 October 1912 vol 42 c1745W
Mr. GOLDSMITH

asked the President of the Board of Education whether the question of establishing an adequate superannuation scheme for teachers in secondary schools has been included in the Reference to the Departmental Committee which he has appointed?

Mr. PEASE

circulated the following Second Reference to the Departmental Committee:—

The President of the Board of Education has requested the Departmental Committee which he recently appointed to inquire into certain questions connected with the proposed Amendment of the Elementary School Teachers (Superannuation) Act, 1898, to undertake a further inquiry relating to the establishment of a system of superannuation for teachers in schools and institutions (not being elementary schools or universities or university colleges) which are aided by Giants from the Board of Education.

The following are the terms of reference:—

  1. 1. To consider and report upon the best system by which provision can be made for the superannuation of teachers in secondary and technical schools and institutions, schools of art, colleges and schools for the training of teachers, pupil-teacher centres and other schools and institutions (not being universities or university colleges) which are aided by grants from the Board of Education, and upon its cost both immediate and ultimate.
  2. 2. The system should be confined to teachers who are in full-time employment; it should be optional for teachers at present serving, and compulsory for those who begin service in future. The benefits should include allowances payable on retirement at suitable ages with or without allowances payable alternately on disablement: and the basis of the system should be the payment of suitable contributions by the teachers themselves supplemented by Stale assistance approximately equivalent to though not necessarily the same as that given to elementary school teachers.
  3. 3. The Committee should in particular report upon the nature and length of the service which should be recorded as qualifying for pension; the employment which should be regarded as full-time employment; the extent to which and the conditions under which service already rendered can be taken into account in fixing the allowances received on retirement by teachers now in service; and the conditions under which a pension should be obtainable by service rendered partly in elementary schools and partly in secondary or other Giant-aided schools and institutions.

Board of Education,

15th July, 1912.