§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services why he has refused to upgrade the scale of the Chief Speech Therapist Adviser to the Inner London Education Authority; how many more awards his Department has overturned in this way; and whether awards by the Regional Appeals Committee of the Whitley Council are binding on both parties.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe grading awarded to the Chief Speech Therapist Adviser to the Inner London Education Authority, an employee of the Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Area Health Authority, by a regional Whitley Appeals Committee was fully implemented for the period in which the conditions governing the grading were satisfied; thereafter that grading was protected on a personal basis on the usual terms applying in the NHS in such circumstances. The current grading of the Chief Speech Therapist Adviser is under consideration by the Staff and Management Sides of the Professional and Technical A Whitley Council.
I know of no case where my Department has overturned the award of a regional Whitley Appeals Committee. Such decisions are normally binding on both parties.