Major EDWARDSasked the President of the Board of Education whether teachers who are appointed inspectors of schools become thereby excluded from the benefits of the Teachers' Superannuation Act, 1918; and, if so, would he, in view of the fact that these appointments are really promotions in the teaching profession, consider the advisability of extending the Act so as to include them?
Mr. LEWISThe answer to the first part of the question is generally that a teacher who has rendered at least 10 years' recognised service before his appointment to be an inspector is pensionable under the Act as a teacher on that service. Service as an inspector is not pensionable under the Act, though it counts as qualifying service in order to make up the aggregate of 30 years' recognised or qualifying service which is a condition of benefit under the Act. As2134W regards the second part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Education to the hon. Member for Sutton (Viscountess Astor) on 28th October.