§ Mr. Beithasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science by how much university teachers' salaries have fallen behind retail prices and average earnings since the comparability settlement which determined university teachers' salaries in October 1979.
§ Sir Keith JosephThis "1979 comparability settlement" did not settle salaries "in October 1979". It was promulgated in August 1980 and the salary increases were paid in instalments in April and October 1980. By reference to the salary rates actually in operation on 1 October 1979, university teachers' salaries have matched the increase in the retail prices index and fallen behind the average earnings index by some 10 per cent.