§ Mr. Beithasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will publish in the Official Report a table showing (a) the number of places she has allocated on the teachers' panel of the Burnham Committee to each organisation, (b) the membership in relevant posts of the respective organisations, including any to whom she has refused representation, (c) the extent to which any organisation represents a separate part of the teaching profession, and (d) any other factors which have influenced her decision on the representation of any group.
§ Mr. Oakes(a) The new composition of the teachers' panel of the Burnham Primary and Secondary Committee is as follows:
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No. of Seats National Union of Teachers (NUT) 16 National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers (NAS/UWT) 6 Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association (AMMA) 4 National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) 2 Secondary Heads Association (SHA) 1 National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) 1 (b) The Department does not collect information about the number of teachers in post in maintained schools in England and Wales by reference to the organisations to which they belong. The allocation of seats is not simply arithmetical.
(c) The National Association of Head Teachers and the Secondary Heads Association represent the views of head teachers although some head teachers may alternatively, or also be members of the other associations. The National Association of Teachers in further and higher education represents a link with the teachers' panel of the Burnham Further Education Committee. By long-established practice matters of common concern to both Burnham Committees, for example, London allowances are mainly negotiated in the Primary and Secondary Committee.
(d) I refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend's reply to the hon. and gallant Member for Winchester (Rear-Admiral Morgan-Giles) on 6 November.—[Vol. 957, c. 52.]