§ 67. Miss Burtonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an estimate of the cost of granting equal increments for men and women employed in the Civil Service.
§ Mr. GaitskellTo give women in the Civil Service the same increment as men (but to make no other changes in their pay) would cost about half a million pounds in the first year rising eventually to £3 million a year. If the corresponding changes in increment only were made in the other public services—including local government the cost would rise to about £1¾ million in the first year and eventually to £10½ million a year.
71. Miss Wardasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the Departments in which there are grades where women get the same rates of pay as men.
§ Mr. GaitskellPractically every Department has grades where women, if employed, receive the same rates of pay as men.