Higher Education (Hansard, 18 July 1985)

§ Mrs. Renée Short
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make additional resources available to enable university and polytechnic lecturers who according to their current levels of pay are in the upper limit of the lowest teaching grade to gain access to greater promotion prospects.

§ Sir Keith Joseph
No. In the polytechnics, fewer than 1 per cent. of all lecturers are paid on the lowest scale, and almost all teachers have automatic career progression to senior lecturer at maximum annual salary of over £14,000. In the universities the maximum of the lecturer scale is £14,925.

§ Mrs. Renée Short
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the extent to which levels of pay have risen year by year from each academic year since 1978–79 for lecturers, senior lecturers and heads of department at universities, polytechnics and colleges of further or higher education.
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§ Sir Keith Joseph
Pay increases varied only minimally between the various grades and were as follows:

Percentage increases

Academic year (1 October to 30 September) Lecturers, senior lecturers and heads of department in maintained establishments of further and higher education Assistant lecturers/ lecturers/senior lecturers/readers in universities

1978–79 9.3 15.6

1979–80 ^*34.4–37.9 ^║25.3

1980–81 7.5 ^║¶19.2

1981–82 ^†5.0 5.0

1982–83 5.0 ^•4.6

1983–84 ^‡4.6 ^▮4.6

^* Compounded of a 2-stage arbitral award and a 2-stage "comparability award" (Clegg). The resulting increases varied within the range indicated according both to scale and scale point.

^† Plus £69 at each scale point, plus a further £108 at the maximum of the Lecturer 1 scale. (Settlement worth 5.8 per cent, overall).

^‡ Plus £330 at the maximum of the Lecturer 1 scale. (Settlement worth 5.1 per cent, overall).

^║ Includes 17 per cent, phased comparability award.

^¶ Plus £100 on the maximum of the Lecturer and corresponding points on other scales. (Settlement worth 19.4 per cent, overall).

^• Plus increase arising from adjustments to the Lecturer scale. (Settlement worth 4.7 per cent, overall).

^▮ Plus £150 on maximum of the Lecturer and corresponding points on other scales. (Settlement worth 4.8 per cent, overall).

	Percentage increases
Academic year (1 October to 30 September)	Lecturers, senior lecturers and heads of department in maintained establishments of further and higher education	Assistant lecturers/ lecturers/senior lecturers/readers in universities
1978–79	9.3	15.6
1979–80	^*34.4–37.9	^║25.3
1980–81	7.5	^║¶19.2
1981–82	^†5.0	5.0
1982–83	5.0	^•4.6
1983–84	^‡4.6	^▮4.6
^* Compounded of a 2-stage arbitral award and a 2-stage "comparability award" (Clegg). The resulting increases varied within the range indicated according both to scale and scale point.
^† Plus £69 at each scale point, plus a further £108 at the maximum of the Lecturer 1 scale. (Settlement worth 5.8 per cent, overall).
^‡ Plus £330 at the maximum of the Lecturer 1 scale. (Settlement worth 5.1 per cent, overall).
^║ Includes 17 per cent, phased comparability award.
^¶ Plus £100 on the maximum of the Lecturer and corresponding points on other scales. (Settlement worth 19.4 per cent, overall).
^• Plus increase arising from adjustments to the Lecturer scale. (Settlement worth 4.7 per cent, overall).
^▮ Plus £150 on maximum of the Lecturer and corresponding points on other scales. (Settlement worth 4.8 per cent, overall).