§ Mr. Harold Daviesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the national Budget was devoted to education, health and road services, respectively, in the years 1938. 1945, 1950 and 1956.
§ Mr. PowellThe figures, which are based on the Financial Statements for the respective years, and relate to Exchequer provision only, are:
Newspaper Proprietors' Association and the Newspaper Society.
§ Mr. PowellJournalists in the Civil Service are employed in the Information Officer Class, and are paid on scales 21W identical with those paid to comparable grades of the Executive Class.
The scales are as follows:
Grade and Pay scales (London male rate)
- Assistant Information Officer (equals Executive Officer)—£385 (age 18)-£1,050.
- Information Officer (equals Higher Executive Officer)—£1,110–£1,285.
- Senior Information Officer (equals Senior Executive Officer)—£1,350–£1,605.
- Principal Information Officer (equals Chief Executive Officer)—£1,720–£1,935.
The wage rate of the Newspaper Proprietors Association is 18 guineas minimum per week in London, or £983 16s. a year. This is the rate paid to a fully qualified journalist who has served three or more years as a reporter or subeditor.
The wage rate of the Newspaper Society in London is £17 12s. 6d. minimum per week, or £916 10s. a year. This is the rate paid to journalists who have attained the age of twenty-four and have completed two years service as staff journalists.