HC Deb 19 June 1968 vol 766 cc149-50W
Mr. Prior

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will now make a ruling for local education authorities to follow the inclusion of additional payment in cash in the computation of teachers' superannuation payments.

Miss Bacon

No. Each payment must be considered according to the circumstances, in the light of regulation 24 of the Teachers' Superannuation Regulations, 1967.

Mr. Prior

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will review the Teachers Superannuation Regulations so that teachers at special schools paying additional superannuation are not penalised if they return to ordinary teaching duties.

Miss Bacon

No. This is not practicable in a scheme in which benefits are based on the average salary for the last three years of pensionable service, except in so far as such teachers might benefit under Regulation 29 of the Teachers' Superannuation Regulations, which assists those who suffer reduction in salary shortly before retiring age.