§ 52. Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Health whether he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures showing the rates of pay now being received by the lower-paid clerical workers in the National Health Service; how these compare with similar grades in the Civil Service; what has been the percentage increase in the wage and salary scales of staffs in the National Health Service since its inception until the latest stated date; and how this percentage increase compares with that received by the Civil Service for the same period of time.
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§ Mr. Walker-SmithYes. The following is the information:
CIVIL SERVICE AND HEALTH SERVICE SALARIES I.—Civil Service: Male Rates (See Note 2) 1948 1957 Increase Grade Scale Maximum Grade Scale Maximum £ £ Per cent. Clerical … … 450 Clerical … … 725 61 Higher clerical … … 650 Higher clerical … … 1,050 61½ Executive … … 650 Executive … … 1,050 61½ Higher executive … … 800 Higher executive … … 1,285 60½
II.—National Health Service—Male Rates (See Note 3) 1948 1957 Increase Grade Scale Maximum Grade Scale Maximum £ £ Per cent. General … … 385 A.2 … … … … 515 34 B … … … … 546 42 Clerical … … 440 C … … … … 597 35½ A.P.T. I. … … 435 37 Higher clerical … … 485 D … … … … 659 36 A.P.T. II … … 465 41½ A.P.T. III … … 495 33 A.P.T. IV … … 525 E … … … … 753 43½ A.P.T. V … … 570 32 A.P.T. VA … … 610 F … … … … 862 41½ A.P.T. VI … … 660 30½ A.P.T. VII … … 710 G … … … … 983 38½ A.P.T. VIII … … 760 29½ NOTES 1. The table covers the National Health Service general grades and gives corresponding information in regard to the general Civil Service classes within approximately the same 1948 salary ceiling. 2. The Civil Service salaries are the negotiated London rates, this being the basis on which Civil Service salaries have hitherto been determined. There is a scale of deductions for staff employed in "intermediate" and "provincial" areas. 3. The National Health Service salaries are the national negotiated rates which are increased in the London area by £30 on salaries up to £800 and by £40 on salaries between £801 and £1,000. 4. In 1948 regular overtime pay and extra duty allowance were received throughout the Civil Service grades concerned in relation to a 45½ hour week. These payments have been abolished and hours of work adjusted without reduction of output. In the National Health Service overtime payments and extra duty allowance continue in operation (though they have never been universal as they were in the Civil Service). These extra payments, where received, are not reflected in the above scales.