§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether the salaries of university teachers have kept pace with the retail price index and with average earnings since 1979.
§ Sir Keith JosephBetween April 1979 and April 1984 (the date of the last pay increase) pay settlements for university non-clinical academic and related staff have out-stripped the retail prices index by 9.8 per cent. and fallen behind the Average Earnings Index by 1.6 per cent.