§ Mr. Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will enable the universities superannuation service to recognise war service for the retirement pension assessment of university teachers who, at June 1950, were postgraduate students preparing for university teaching.
§ Mr. BrookeThe war service of university teachers is recognised for pension purposes on terms broadly comparable with those in the public service. A relaxation of the cut-off date of June 1950 was allowed exceptionally in the case of members of the teachers' superannuation scheme who, at that time, were undertaking approved courses of professional teacher training specifically designed to prepare them for school teaching. Post-graduate study in universities is not exclusively directed towards preparation for a university teaching career and it would not be appropriate to extend to those who were university postgraduate students at June 1950 the concession applying to those then training for school teaching.