HC Deb 06 May 1975 vol 891 cc395-6W
27. Dr. Hampson

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what progress has been made in establishing a salary scale for university staff compatible with that established by the Houghton Committee for polytechnic lecturers.

46. Mr. MacGregor

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the latest developments in the negotiations on university teachers' pay.

48. Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he is now in a position to make a statement on the negotiations regarding the salaries of university teachers.

Mr. Prentice

I would refer the hon. Members to the reply I gave yesterday to similar Questions by a number of hon. Members.

28. Mr. Gould

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how the increase in university teachers' salaries over the past 12 months compares with increases in the cost of living and in average earnings over the same period.

Mr. Prentice

Salaries of university teachers were increased by 8 per cent. on 1st October 1974 following negotiations under statutory pay policy. In the 12 months preceding October the increase in the retail price index had been 17.1 per cent. and average earnings for all employees increased by 21 per cent.

32. Mr. Sims

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he is satisfied that salaries of university lecturers have kept pace with those of other teachers in higher and further education.

Mr. Prentice

The annual increases in recent years for university teachers and further education teachers have been broadly the same, but the university teachers did not receive the special increases awarded to further education teachers following the implementation of the Houghton Report and have fallen behind their further education counterparts.

Mr. Crouch

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on progress in the talks on university teachers' salaries.

Mr. Prentice

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave yesterday to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Hemel Hempstead (Mr. Corbett).