§ 32. Mr. Nabarroasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the cost falling in the financial year 1960–61 of awards announced on 11th January, 1961, including retrospection to August, 1958. to civil servants in respect of salary increases of £95 to £230 per annum, and including back payments of £200 to £500 per civil servant; and what will be the increased annual cost of the higher scales in future years.
§ Mr. Selwyn LloydAbout £2½ million, and just under £1 million, respectively.
§ Mr. NabarroIn view of the continuous exhortations which have fallen on private industry and commerce to increase their efficiency and output, could not my right hon. and learned Friend do something to impress upon the bureaucracy, of which he is the titular head, the need similarly to increase its efficiency, and what serious encouragement is he giving to doing so, in view of the rising cost of the Civil Service?
§ Mr. LloydMy hon. Friend's Question relates to certain awards, and those awards were given by the Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal after the Treasury and the Institution of Professional Civil Servants had failed to agree.