asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is yet in a position to announce the result of his further consideration of his proposals for increases in teachers' salaries in Scotland.
I have written today to the National Joint Council informing them of my intention to amend the present Teachers Salaries Regulations by prescribing from 1st July revised salary scales and allowances for all teachers in primary and secondary schools and in further education.The revised scales will follow the general lines of the proposals I sent to the N.J.C. on 26th April, but will include some adjustments in the salaries of both graduate and non-graduate teachers and to the allowances paid to teachers in posts of responsibility. These will involve an increase of £5·25 million instead of £4·6 million, on the present annual expenditure on the salaries of teachers employed by education authorities whose remuneration is prescribed in the regulations. The total addition to the salary bill for all teachers employed in grant-aided educational establishments will be about £6·6 million.