Baroness VICKERSasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many local education authorities have not ratified the model agreement drawn up by the teachers' unions which provided for paid maternity leave for all women teachers regardless of their marital status, and what are the names of the local education authorities who have not ratified this agreement.
§ Lord DONALDSON of KINGS-BRIDGEThere is no central record of the names of local education authorities which have adopted the recommendations in the model agreement drawn up jointly by the local authority and teacher associations. Such recommendations are almost invariably followed by local education authorities.