asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are current salary rates for all teaching grades employed by the Inner London Education Authority; for each grade, what is the inner London weighting allowance; if he will estimate the consequences of a 6·9 per cent. increase in salary rates, giving the revised pay scales; and if there are any proposals to increase the weighting allowance.

[pursuant to his reply, 24 July 1985]: Current salary scales for teachers in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools, operative from 1 April 1984, are set out in the Remuneration of Teachers (Primary and Secondary) (Amendment) Order 1984 (S.I., No. 1650) and apply nationally. The minima and maxima of the main scales are as follows: