§ Colonel WEDGWOODasked the President of the Board of Education whether local education authorities are responsible to his Department for their correct and efficient working; whether he would have any power to alter the decisions of any local education authority should such decisions appear to him unjust or incorrect or contrary to Act of Parliament; or whether the local education authority is the supreme authority where salaries, conditions of employment, and appointment of teachers in secondary schools is concerned?
§ Mr. FISHERIf Local Education Authorities fail to fulfil their duties under the Education Acts, the Board of Education can enforce their fulfilment either by action in the Courts or by deduction from grant; in the former case it would be for the Court to determine whether any particular action was contrary to an Act of Parliament. The Local Education Authority are responsible for the salaries, conditions of employment, and appointment of teachers in Secondary Schools provided by them. The Board's Regulations for Secondary Schools, in Articles 12 to 16, however, contain certain provisions relating to the teaching staff, and failure to comply with those Articles may involve reduction of grant.