HC Deb 07 May 1934 vol 289 cc746-7W
Mr. TEMPLE MORRIS

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education if he will state the average percentage rise in the salaries of teachers before and after the War; and how this compares with the similar remuneration of the Civil Service?

Mr. RAMSBOTHAM

The average percentage increase in the salaries of teachers in public elementary and grant-earning secondary schools on the 1st April, 1933, as compared with 1st April, 1914, was 132. The corresponding increase in the average cost per head of the whole-time non-industrial staff of the Civil Service was 102.4. It should be noted that these figures are the averages

Description. 1930–1. 1931–2. 1932–3. 1933–4.
English Home Grown. Cubic Feet. Cubic Feet. Cubic Feet. Cubic Feet.
Elm 880 904 794 883
Oak 24,350 27,250 26,050 28,450
Ash 3,470 2,800 2,210 3,310
Beech 8,970 9,650 8,138 8,427
Hornbeam 160 146 78 140
37,830 40,750 37,270 41,210
British Empire Grown. Cubic Feet. Cubic Feet. Cubic Feet. Cubic Feet.
Teak 79,000 85,450 62,950 70,250
Yellow Pine 57,400 63,363 27,725 36,375
Borneo Hardwood 9,925 26,325 14,600 17,950
Rock Elm 25,800 27,900 24,050 29,350
Douglas Fir 302,570 376,200 321,450 355,650
Spruce 91,065 187,862 114,275 215,675
Mahogany 23,550 18,500 6,750 7,700
589,310 785,600 571,800 732,950
Plyboards of valions sizes No. 22,460 No. 22,350 No. 22,270 No. 20,610
Foreign Grown. Cubic Feet. Cubic Feet. Cubic Feet. Cubic Feet.
Pitch Pine 1,350 3,150 2,100 1,950
* Lignum Vitæ 630 680 634 600
Archangel Deals, etc 91,870 36,240 6,686
93,850 40,070 9,420 2,550
* Norway Spars No. 6,170 No. 8,500 No. 6,080 No. 7,720
* Trials now in hand with a view to substituting British and Empire grown timbers.