§ Mr. Seymourasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many head teachers in England and Wales had reductions in salary, as a result of the triennial review average in accordance with Appendix VII of the Scales of Salaries for Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools 1963, in 1961 and 1964.
§ Mr. HoggThe triennial review is carried out by local education authorities and information relating to England and Wales as a whole is not available.
§ Mr. Seymourasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many local education authorities in England and Wales pay a special allowance to a head teacher whose salary is reduced in accordance with section J, paragraph 6 of the Scales of Salaries for 285W Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools 1963; and if such allowances are paid by the Birmingham Local Education Authority.
§ Mr. HoggInformation is not available to answer the first part of the Question. I understand that, under the paragraph referred to in the first part of the Question, the Birmingham Local Education Authority, who have discretion in the matter, have been prepared to grant an allowance to a head teacher whose post is lost or whose salary is diminished as the result of the reorganisation or closure of a school or department, but not in cases where the triennial review has resulted in the school being placed in a lower group.