HC Deb 31 July 1952 vol 504 cc163-4W
63. Mr. Mitchison

asked the Minister of Education whether she is aware that in a case, of which she has been sent particulars, the Northamptonshire County Education Authority have reduced a county major exhibition held by the daughter of a headmaster with effect from the date upon which he began to receive his increment of salary; and what action she proposes to take to prevent the intended increase in remuneration being reduced in this way by cuts made by local education authorities.

Miss Horsbrugh

It is a general principle, applied by my Ministry and local education authorities alike, that the value of an award shall be related to the income of the holder's parents, and varied, upwards or downwards, in the event of changes in the parents' financial circumstances. I am in correspondence with the Northamptonshire authority about their general arrangements for this service for the coming year, but the determination of the award to be made in any particular case does not require my approval.