HC Deb 07 May 1976 vol 910 cc489-90W
Mr. Stanbrook

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when the composition of the Teacher's Panel of the Burnham Committee was last reconstituted; and what criteria are used for determining the membership.

Miss Margaret Jackson

The Teachers' Panel of the Burnham Primary and Secondary Committee was last reconstituted in August 1966 and the Teacher's Panel of the Burnham further Education Committee in February 1976. Among the factors my right hon. Friend takes into account in considering changes under the Re- muneration of Teachers Act 1965 are the extent to which the existing membership of the Teachers' Panels is representative of the various categories of teachers and the number of members and special interests of the teacher associations.