53. Mr. B. Harrisonasked the Minister of Education whether he has yet worked out a scheme so that men teachers who have done National Service are not at a disadvantage as regards pensions compared with women; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir E. BoyleNo. My right hon. Friend thinks it would be wrong to depart from the established principle of teachers' and other comparable public service pension schemes that National Service should be pensionable only when it occurs after a person has entered pensionable civil employment.
§ 61. Mr. Parkerasked the Minister of Education whether he will look into the case of Mr. E. W. King to see whether satisfactory arrangements can be made to enable him to continue part-time work as a teacher in Dagenham.
§ Sir E. BoyleMr. King left his part-time post by his own choice. I am writing to the hon. Member about the other details of the case which he raised in a letter to my right hon. Friend.
§ Dr. Kingasked the Minister of Education how many persons were employed on any given day as occasional teachers; and how many of those so employed were engaged in giving part-time instruction in approved subjects.
§ Mr. Geoffrey LloydOn the 31st March, 1957, 86 men and 462 women were employed in maintained schools as "occasional teachers" under paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Schools Grant Regulations, 1951. I have no information about the number who were employed then under paragraph 3 of the First Schedule.