§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether funds provided to schools for payment of the upper spine of teacher remuneration can be used for other purposes. [42239]
§ Mr. TimmsSchools will be able to use the new special grant for performance pay progression to pay for performance points awarded to teachers on the upper, leadership and advanced skills teacher pay scales and for double increments awarded to teachers on the main pay scale. The grant cannot be used for other purposes. The existing special grant for threshold payments (which take teachers to point 1 of the upper pay scale) can be used only for that purpose.