§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list, scale by scale, the annual increments which have been awarded to primary and secondary school teachers in each year since 1979.
§ Sir Keith JosephIncremental salary scales for teachers are set out annually in Burnham documents or amending orders, copies of which are available in the Library. Annual percentage pay increases as applied to these incremental scales since 1979 are as follows:
Teachers of the Deaf is not comparable, since it included all pupils seen by peripatetic teachers of the deaf. The fact that the use of different criteria produces different results does not appear to alter the validity of the working group's recommendations.
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what additional specialist support staff and resources are provided in mainstream schools which have deaf pupils; and what extra training is provided for the other staff.
§ Mr. DunnThese matters are the responsibility of local education authorities. Information on them is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if there have been any responses in favour of the Advisory Committee on the Supply and 533W Education of Teachers Working Party's main recommendations to remove the mandatory requirement for a specialist qualification for teachers of the deaf and partially hearing and to phase out initial teacher training and post graduate certificate courses for specialist teaching of those children.
§ Mr. DunnThere were very few responses in favour of removing the mandatory requirement for teachers of deaf and partially hearing pupils to have a specialist qualification. Of the respondents who commented on the recommendation that initial specialist teacher training courses should be replaced by in-service training, a majority supported ACSET's view.
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if the Advisory Committee on the Supply and Education of Teachers Working Party took into account the experiences of other countries with regard to specialist qualifications of teachers of deaf children.
§ Mr. DunnIt was for ACSET to determine those matters relevant to its inquiry into teacher training and special educational needs. My right hon. Friend understands that ACSET did not take direct account of the experiences of other countries.
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if the Advisory Committee on the Supply and Education of Teachers Working Party consulted with any deaf or hearing-impaired children.
§ Mr. DunnIt was for ACSET to determine how it conducted its review of teacher training for special education. I understand that the committee did not consult deaf or partially hearing children.
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many (a) deaf people and (b) teachers of deaf pupils were on the Advisory Committee on the Supply and Education of Teachers Working Group.
§ Mr. DunnI understand that there were no deaf people or teachers of deaf pupils on the working group whose members, collectively, had considerable experience relevant to the review of teacher training and special educational needs carried out by ACSET.