§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what is the minimum age at which an educational psychologist in the full-time employment of a local education authority is able to retire on a full pension; and what proportion the full pension is of the educational psychologist's salary in employment immediately before retirement;
162W(2) what is the minimum age at which a teacher in the full-time employment of a local education authority is able to retire on a full pension; and what proportion the full pension is of the teacher's salary in employment immediately before his retirement;
(3) what is the minimum age at which an educational adviser in the full-time employment of a local education authority is able to retire on a full pension; and what proportion the full pension is of the educational adviser's salary in employment immediately before his retirement.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonPension under the teacher's superannuation scheme amounts to 1/80th of salary for each year of pensionable service; there is also a lump sum payment of roughly three times the pension. The pension is subject to maxima of 40/80ths by age 60 and 45 /80ths in all. The minimum age from which pension is payable is 60, but pensionable service does not normally commence before age 21 or 22—that is, following professional training. The salary on which pension is calculated is the highest amount of salary for any successive 365 days within the last three years of pensionable service; it is normally little different from the salary received immediately on retirement.
The same conditions apply to any educational advisers or psychologists who belong to the teachers' scheme.
§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the extent to which the responsibilities of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools and the various local educational advisory services, are, in practice, concurrent or overlapping; and if she will make a statement.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonHer Majesty's Inspectorate and the local education authority advisory services have a common interest in, and concern for, standards of education: but, whereas Her Majesty's Inspectors report to, and advise, the Secretary of State on a national basis, each advisory service works within the context determined by its employing local education authority. The two services are complementary rather than overlapping.