§ 6. Major Gatesasked the Minister of Education if he is aware that, as a result of devaluation, British teachers at present in the United States of America on a 12 months' exchange of posts with American teachers, will suffer a one-third cut in salary and be subjected to financial hardship; and what action he proposes to take to avoid the breakdown of this scheme.
§ Mr. TomlinsonI am aware that the change in the sterling-dollar rate will reduce the dollar value of the funds which were available to these teachers when they reached the United States of America, except in so far as they may have converted them into dollars before the change took place. I am therefore taking steps Ito see that each teacher has at his or her disposal sufficient sterling funds to produce the minimum number of dollars which they were originally informed they would need for the period
1937 Number of pupils inspected Percentage classified as Excellent Normal Slightly Sub-Normal Bad England and Wales … 1,696,527 15.0 73.8 10.6 0.6 West Ham … 16,911 20.3 69.8 9.8 0.1 166W
1948 Number of pupils inspected Percentage classified as Good Fair Poor England and Wales … 1,793,455 35.8 59.6 4.6 West Ham … 10,340 35.7 56.5 7.9 of exchange service. Similar arrangements are being made for teachers on interchange in Canada.